Spirit of America Bookstore
U.S. Business Pages
{ Page 1 of U.S. Business - Part 2 }
 | These pages gather the current & historical American business leaders that made this country a giant in the business world, as well as their companies and other organizations that exemplify the good practices – innovation, entrepreneurship, market creation – and bad practices – pseudo-capitalism, rampant exploitation, slavery, fascism, monopolies, bribery & corruption, Ponzi schemes – that over time built up a flourishing economic expansion that was only recently halted by the incompetence of the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush economic policies and by the Oligarchy's mandate for unregulated greed in the First Decade of the XXIst Century – the G.O.P. Economic Meltdown of 2008. |
🖈 🖈
U.S. Business Leaders & Crooks, A to Z
top of Page One, Part 1:
John Deere [1804-86]
Henry Ford [1863-1947]
E. Haldeman-Julius [1889-1951]
Hugh Hefner [1926-2017]
links
here on Page One, Part 2:
Kirk Kerkorian [1917-2015]
Henry Luce [1898-1967]
Elon Musk [b. 1971]
J.C. Penney [1895-1971]
T. Boone Pickens [1928-2019]
John D. Rockefeller [1839-1937]
Martha Stewart [b. 1941]
Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877]
The Wright Brothers
Mark Zuckerberg [b. 1984]
and many others ...
people with their own pages:
P.T. Barnum [1810-91]
Warren Buffett [b. 1930]
'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917]
Walt Disney [1901-66]
Thomas Edison [1847-1931]
Henry M. Flagler [1830-1913]
Fred Harvey [1836-1901]
William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951]
Howard R. Hughes [1905-76]
Thomas H. Ince [1882-1924]
The Koch Brothers
George Pullman [1831-97]
The Studebaker Brothers
Preston Tucker [1903-56]
Ted Turner [b. 1938]
George Westinghouse, Jr. [1846-1914]
🖈 🖈
Major U.S. Companies, A to Z
top of Page Two, Part 1:
Amazon, Inc. [est. 1994]
Apple, Inc. [est. 1975]
Ben & Jerry's [est. 1978]
Enron [1986-2002]
Google, Inc. [est. 1998]
IKEA [est. 1943]
top of Page Two, Part 2:
McDonald's [est. 1940]
Microsoft [est. 1975]
Monsanto [est. 1901]
The New York Times
Sizzler Restaurants [est. 1958]
Starbucks Coffee [est. 1971]
Tupperware [est. 1946]
TimeWarner [est. 19xx]
Verizon [est. 1994]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [est. 1962]
Wikipedia [est. 2001]
and many more . . .
on Page Three: books magazines & newspapers
🖈 🖈
Spirit of America Bookstore's Corporations & Brands Page
This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people no longer.
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be
forbidden by law; directors should not be permitted to use stockholders' money for such purposes;
and, moreover, a prohibition of this kind would be, as far as it went, an effective method of stopping
the evils aimed at in corrupt practices acts. — Theodore Roosevelt [1858-1919], in 1905
It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.
— Rutherford B. Hayes [1822-93], 19th President of the United States, 187781
U.S. Business Leaders & Crooks, A to Z
{ continued }
Steve Jobs [1955-2011] of Apple, Inc.
"[Steve Jobs] revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." — Steve Jobs, in 2005
and digital publishing." — biographer Walter Isaacson
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Steve Jobs [1955-2011] Page
industrialist Henry J. Kaiser [1882-1967]
The Six Magic Words To Riches: Find a need and fill it.
H-J-K- FAMILY FOUNDATION = www.kff.org
Kaiser Permanente http://www.kp.org/
manufacturer Arthur Atwater Kent, Sr. [18731949]
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company [1921-1936] was the largest manufacturer of radios in the USA
(until The Great Depression came and Atwater's patents expired)
entry at Wikipedia
Vane's Atwater Kent Radio fansite
 | "A. Atwater Kent: The Man, The Manufacturer, and His Radios" [2002] by Ralph Williams & John P. Wolkonowicz, Edited by Donald O. Patterson with radio schematics and almost 200 photographs Sonoran Publng 11x8¾ pb [12/2002] for $22.43 |
lots more information on this topic can be found on Spirit of America's Old Time Radio Pages
billionaire Kirk Kerkorian [1917-2015]
Tracinda Corp. entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Koch Brothers Page
The fundamental purpose of the Kochs [political] spending is to rig the economic system
for their benefit. — New York Times, 2014
fast food tycoon Ray Kroc [1902-84] of McDonald's restaurants {on Page Two}
thorough Ray Kroc bio at Simply Knowledge
  |
"Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's" [1955] by Ray Kroc, with Robert Anderson St. Martin's mass pb [rev 4/92] for $7.11 Contemporary Books 9x6 pb [5/85] out of print/many used Berkley mass pb [9/78] out of print/many used Henry Regnery Co. 9x6 hardcover [5/77] out of print/40+ used |
"The Founder" [The Weinstein Company Aug 2016]
 | Location filming in Georgia (Canton, Atlanta, Douglasville, Newnan, Thomaston) and New Mexico (Albuquerque, Belιn); over-the-hill milkshake machine salesman Ray Croc transforms a small chain of fast-food restaurants into the multibillion dollar McDonald's Corp. Directed by John Lee Hancock; written by Robert D. Siegel; starring Michael Keaton {as Ray Kroc}, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, B.J. Novak, Kimberly Battista, Carla Shinall, Mike Pniewski, Steve Coulter, Catherine Dyer, Devon Ogden, Griff Furst, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Patti Schellhaas, Kabby Borders, Lauren Kimelton, Ric Reitz, Katie Kneeland, Justin Randell Brooke, Cara Mantella, Victor McCay, Franco Castan, Tracy Goode, Kristi Von, Kenny Alfonso, Rebecca Ray, Andrew Benator, Nicolette Goetz, Dan Mulvaney
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch 4/2016 official trailer [3:43] at YouTube |
'serial entrepreneur' Marcus Lemonis lives north of Chicago, Illinois
official website
IMDb listing
entry at Wikipedia
"The Profit" TV series [CNBC-TV 2013-2018]
publisher Henry Robinson Luce [1898-1967]
![Time Magazine [est. 1923]](images/time.gif){kind=small}
![Fortune Magazine [est. 1930]](images/FortuneMag.gif)
![Life Magazine [est. 1934]](images/LifeMag.gif)
![Sports Illustrated Magazine [est. August 1954]](images/SportsIllustrated.gif)
"Luce and His Empire" [1972] by W.A. Swanberg won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
 | "TIME: The Illustrated History of The World's Most Influential Magazine" [2010] by Norberto Angeletti & Alberto Oliva, Preface by {managing editor} Richard Stengel
Rizzoli 12¼x9½ hardcover [4/2010] for $32.92 |
 | "The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century" [2010] by Alan Brinkley Vintage 8x5¼ pb [4/2011] for $12.41 Knopf deckle-edge 9¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2010] for $25.55 |
swindler Bernard Lawrence 'Bernie' Madoff [1938-2021]
browse books
incomplete IMDb listing
Wikipedia
 | "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller" [2010] by Harry Markopolos Independent financial fraud investigator Markopolos and his 'Fox Hounds' team investigated, documented, and reported Madoff's Ponzi scheme to newspapers and to the S.E.C.; the warnings were ignored repeatedly, until the scheme fell apart as the world's largest financial fraud ever. Kindle Edition from Wiley [3/2010] for $9.32 Wiley 8¾x6¼ pb [2/2011] for $11.32 Wiley 9x6½ hardcover [3/2010] for $18.58 |
http://www.amazon.com/Bernard-Madoff-Masterminding-Billion-Dollar/dp/159986505X/
http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Life-Lies-Bernie-Madoff/dp/0061870765/
http://www.amazon.com/Catastrophe-Story-Bernard-Madoff-Swindled/dp/1597776408/
http://www.amazon.com/Madoff-Chronicles-Inside-Secret-Bernie/dp/B003BVK2LC/
http://www.amazon.com/Madoff-Money-Jerry-Oppenheimer/dp/0470504986/
http://www.amazon.com/Madoffs-Other-Secret-Money-Bernie/dp/0312618379/
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Good-Be-True-Bernie/dp/1591842875/
untitled Madoff project [Tribeca Prodns/H.B.O. for 2013?]
Announced 11/2011: H.B.O. purchased the rights to the book Truth and Consequences: Inside The Life of The Madoff Family" by Laurie Sandell;
John Burnham Schwartz will write the screenplay, Robert De Niro will portray Bernie Madoff
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available not yet listed on IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Consequences-Inside-Madoff-Family/dp/0316198935/
inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. [180984]
Co-founder of Cyrus H. McCormick and Brothers [est. 1847] in Chicago; name changed in 1879 to McCormick
Harvesting Machine Company; merged in 1902 to form International Harvester Company
serial entrepreneur Elon Musk [b. 1971 in South Africa]
PayPal, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, SpaceX, Hyperloop
Tesla Motors has a giant 'gigafactory' for lithium batteries in Northern Nevada, official grand opening July 2016, construction continues. 
Tesla Motors owns a factory-sized vacant lot at 315 Alameda Park Drive NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 (2016)
Making an end run around restrictive New Mexico laws backed by the automotive industry lobby, Tesla Motors opened a Sales & Service facility on Nambι Peublo land
in northern New Mexico; eco-active U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich & Ben Ray Lujan attended opening ceremonies in September 2021. 
![Tesla Motors Club [est. 2006] logo on black](images2/TeslaMotorsClub.jpg "Tesla Motors Club [est. 2006] logo on black") |
Tesla Motors Club (TMC) [est. 2006]
directory of Tesla Motors Club chapters in USA and ten other countries Tesla Owners Club of New Mexico
|
Tesla Energy [est. 4/2015]
Tesla Energy entry at Wikipedia
Announced May 2015 at a live media event in Hawthorne, California: Elon Musk unveiled a major new product, the Tesla Powerwall, which is a battery
intended for use with rooftop/backyard solar panels to provide off-grid electricity at night; units can be reserved for $3,500. Production in 2015
will occur at their Fremont factory, and the next year at the Gigafactory in Nevada.
Elon Musk's Hyperloop transportation plan [8/2013 PDF file]
April 2017 TED Talk interview of Elon Musk [40:50]
 | Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and The Quest For A Fantastic Future" [2015] by Ashlee Vance, journalist at Bloomberg BusinessWeek Kindle Edition from Ecco/HarperCollins [5/2015] for $16.99 Ecco Press 9x6 hardcover [5/2015] for $21.14 |
vacuum cleaner baron David Oreck [b. 1923]
official website/bio
products at
Amazon.com
retail tycoon J.C. Penney [1895-1971]
B000006QJJ = A&E Biog video for $19.95
energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens [1928-2019]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Boone_Pickens
http://www.boonepickens.com
http://www.pickensplan.com
https://www.bpcap.net/welcome.asp
 | "The First Billion Is The Hardest: Reflections On A Life of Comebacks & America's Energy Future" [New York Times bestseller 2008] by T. Boone Pickens Crown Business 8x5 pb [9/2009] for $10.20 Crown Business 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2008] out of print/many used |
newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer [1847-1911]
bio on Pulitzer Prize website
Joseph Pulitzer entry at Wikipedia
The Pulitzer Prizes [est. 1917]
Pulitzer Prize website
Pulitzer Prize entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Pulitzer Prizes Page + Joseph Pulitzer Section
railroad tycoon George M. Pullman [1831-97]
George Pullman is credited with the creation of the first modern, comfortable, sleeping car for railroad travel in 1858. His Pullman Company became an empire that during its peak in the 1930s was responsible for the construction, ownership, & operation of a fleet of over eight-thousand sleeper, parlor, club, and cafe railroad cars. The Pullman Company was said to have operated the largest hotel in the world, with upwards of 100,000 beds occupied on a given night. Pullman's well deserved slogan was "Travel and Sleep in Pullman Safety and Comfort." Due to a Supreme Court consent decree in 1948, Pullman transferred ownership of the railcars to the operating railroads, while keeping the manufacturing and service divisions. The Pullman Company itself ceased operating sleeping cars on December 31, 1968; successor company Pullman, Inc. continued to construct freight and passenger cars until it was sold to Bombardier Corporation of Canada in the 1970s.
George Pullman entry at Wikipedia
Pullman Company entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's
railroad tycoon George Pullman [1831-97] Page
oil baron John D. Rockefeller, Sr. [1839-1937]
PBS bio
PBS bio on VHS
Standard Oil was founded as an Ohio corporation in 1870 and expanded to become the largest oil refiner in the world, a virtual monopoly that was
broken up by order of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1911. Founding partners included Henry M. Flagler [1830-1913], Stephen V. Harkness [1818-88],
Oliver Burr Jennings [1825-93], John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller [1841-1922], and Henry H. Rogers [1840-1909].
 | "The History of The Standard Oil Company" [1904] by Ida Tarbell, Introduction by Danny Schechter Originally serialized in 19 parts in McClure's Magazine Volume 1: Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [8/2009] for $34.99 Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [6/2012] for $11.41 Volume 2: Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [8/2009] for $37.99 Cosimo Classics 9x6 pb [8/2009] for $16.99 both volumes: Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [10/2010] for $59.99 Cosimo Classics 9x6 pb [10/2010] for $29.99 both volumes: Kindle Edition from Joe Barta [1/2012] for $5.99 free online text at Page Tutor |
 | "Standard Oil: The First 125 Years" [1996] by Wayne Henderson & Scott Benjamin Motorbooks Intl. 11¼x10½ pb [6/96] out of print/used |
 | "The History of The Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version" [2003] Edited by David M. Chalmers Dover Publns 7¾x5½ pb [2/2003] for $10.35 |
 | "Taking On The Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller - How An Investigative Journalist Brought Down Standard Oil" [2008] by Steve Weinberg W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [8/2009] for $12.92 W.W. Norton 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2008] for $17.13 |
http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr/dp/1400077303/
strategic advisor & author John Rossman - former Amazon exec
official website not listed at Wikipedia
homepage [est. 2003] on LinkedIn
 | "The Amazon Way: Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles" [2014] by John Rossman; Foreword by Tom Alberg, Amazon board member 'any business leader can learn from Amazon about building a high-performing team and organization' Kindle Edition from Clyde Hill Publng [5/2024] for $9.98 Clyde Hill Publng 3rd edition 9x6 pb [6/2021] for $14.78 | |
 | "The Amazon Way On IoT: 10 Principles For Every Leader From The World's Leading Internet of Things Strategies" [2016] by John Rossman
John Rossman guides readers in this detailed analysis of The Internet of Things (IoT) and Amazon's and other leading companies' approach to it, with practical insights and recommendations into the strategies and mindset transforming business and society. The Internet of Things may be the most disruptive set of technologies in a generation, and the most disruptive tech company in the world - Amazon - is building the IoT strategies that will influence every organization and sector. Kindle Edition from Clyde Hill Publng [11/2016] for $9.98 Clyde Hill Publng 9x6 pb [10/2016] for $13.00 | |
 | "Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas To Become A Digital Leader" [2019] by John Rossman A step-by-step guide that provides 50½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive and shows todays business leaders how to think like Amazon, strategize like Jeff Bezos, and beat the competition Kindle Edition from McGraw Hill [5/2019] for $12.77 McGraw Hill 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2019] for $13.44 | |
 |
"Big Bet Leadership: Your Transformation Playbook For Winning In The Hyper-Digital Era" for Kindle [2025] by John Rossman & Kevin McCaffrey
203-page Kindle Edition from Rodin Books [6/2025] for $2.99 provides immediate actionable techniques to leading high-ambition transformations |
fast food tycoon 'Colonel' Harland David Sanders [1890-1980]
of Kentucky Fried Chicken
 | home & fashion tycoon Martha Stewart
browse books browse DVDs IMDb credits [since 1989] Wikipedia official website official weblog listed #31 on The Atlantic Monthly's Top 30+ Most Influential Living Americans [Dec 2006]
|
husband Andrew Stewart [div 1987]; daughter Alexis, grandkids Jude & Truman
"Martha Stewart Living" Magazine [est. 1990]
auto-renewal subscription via Amazon - 12 issues/year for $28.00
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia [went public 1999]
first book "Entertaining" [1982]
"Martha Stewart: It's A Good Thing" [biography 2001]
http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Stewart-Its-Good-Thing/dp/B000E371W8/
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Martha-Stewart-Good-Thing/dp/B000067J5M/
"Martha, Inc." TV biopic [NBC-TV May 2003] /tt0352565/
Directed by Jason Ensler; starring Cybill Shepherd & Tim Matheson
http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Inc-Cybill-Shepherd/dp/B00014K59Q/
http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Inc-VHS-Cybill-Shepherd/dp/B00014NE8K/
"Martha Behind Bars" TV movie [2005] /tt0455975/
new book "Living The Good Life" [2013]
 | "Martha Stewart's Grilling: 125+ Recipes For Gatherings Large and Small" [2019] a cookbook by Editors of Martha Stewart Living There's nothing like the satisfaction of cooking over a live fire, whether a weeknight meal or outdoor entertaining; this book captures this spirit, while providing essential barbeque tips & techniques for both experienced outdoor cooks and those brand-new to the grill Kindle Edition from Clarkson Potter [3/2019] for $11.99 Clarkson Potter 9¼x7½ pb [3/2019] for $10.98 |
pants maker Levi Strauss [1829-1902]
The Studebaker Brothers
![Studebaker Corp. [1852-1967] logo](images/studebaker.gif "Studebaker Corp. [1852-1967] logo") | Studebaker entry at Wikipedia
Studebaker National Museum |
Spirit of America Bookstore's Studebaker Corp. [1852-1967] Page
Frederick Winslow Taylor [1856-1915]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Winslow_Taylor
"The Principles of Scientific Management" [1911]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management
Spirit of America Bookstore's
visionary automaker Preston Tucker [1903-56] Page
cable TV pioneer & rancher R.E. 'Ted' Turner
Turner Enterprises, Inc. entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's entrepreneur Ted Turner Page
transportation tycoon 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt [1794-1877]
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Tycoon/dp/B0026UNZD6
retail tycoon Sam Walton [1918-92]
http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835/
Spirit of America Bookstore's
Wal-Mart, Inc. [est. 1962] Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's
industrialist George Westinghouse, Jr. [1846-1914] Page
Steve Wozniak of Apple, Inc. {on Page Two}
The Wright Brothers
Orville Wright [1871-1948]
Wilbur Wright [1867-1912]
chewing gum baron William Wrigley, Jr. [1861-1932]
showman Florenz Ziegfeld [1867-1932]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenz_Ziegfeld
http://www.amazon.com/Ziegfeld-Man-Invented-Show-Business/dp/0312375433/
 | billionaire Mark Zuckerberg |  |
Mark Zuckerberg Section on Spirit of America's Facebook, Inc. Page
jump to Page Two: Major U.S. Companies, A to Z
jump to Page Three: U.S. Business - Books & Magazines
Business Management Books Page at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore
here on the U.S. Business Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
Page 1: U.S. Business Leaders & Crooks, A to Z links
Page 2: Major U.S. Companies, A to Z
Page 3: U.S. Business - Books & Magazines
🖈 🖈
Visiting this webpage from outside the U.S.A.? It is possible to make purchases from these coded Amazon (USA) links
via other Amazon sites: just follow these instructions.
Online sales in association with 
top of this page | back to Spirit of America Bookstore homepage