Top Billionaire Books

Billionaire Authored Book Rankings

We hosted a 1,000 person investor summit for our investor club (Family Office Club) and asked how many people in the room have read 100 or 200 books about business or strategy, etc. Many hands went up – I asked who had read more than 10 books authored by billionaires (not just on them). Nobody raised a hand, those who have studied billionaires have read 10-20 books at most I find. Why is that? Why are we reading business books which are authored by people great at marketing books instead of less popular books by people actually smart at doing business? I do not want someone else’s guess at what is going on in the mind of a billionaire, I have enough guesses of my own, I want to read the words of the billionaire – unadulterated. There are 245 books authored by billionaires, I have read and ranked 110 of them to date, and below you will find the top 10 books authored by billionaires that I have read so far. These are not ranked by Amazon rank, year released, or copies sold – they are ranked by the value I received by reading these books – you will have your own favorites but I don’t want to put someone’s book at the top simply because they spent $500k on promoting it – or hired a great PR firm – I do not care about that. I care about reading solid gold strategies for scaling, mental models, insights, hard lessons learned straight from the billionaires. I hope this list is helpful to you, we will continue to update this page as I read and rank more books authored by billionaires.

Top 10 Books Authored by Billionaires

1. 01

   The Art of Being Unreasonable

   Eli Broad

   Learn the “unreasonable” principles―from negotiating to risk-taking, from investing to hiring―that have made Eli Broad such a success.

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2. 02

   Am I Being Too Subtle?

   Sam Zell

   “If everyone is going left, look right,” Zell often says. To him, conventional wisdom is nothing but a reference point.

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3. 03

   What It Takes

   Stephen A. Schwarzman

   Building Blackstone into the leading global financial institution it is today didn’t come easy.

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4. 04

   Shut Up and Listen!

   Tilman Fertitta

   A true leadership roadmap to the summit of career success and satisfaction, featuring concise principles for entrepreneurs and business leaders at any level.

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5. 05

   How to Invest

   David M. Rubenstein

   A master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest names in finance, from the legendary cofounder of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein.

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6. 06

   Zero to One

   Peter Thiel

   The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.

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7. 07

   Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

   Warren Buffett

   This book compiles the full, un-edited versions of 50 years of Warren Buffett’s letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway.

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8. 08

   How to Win at the Sport of Business

   Mark Cuban

   Drawing upon his profound insider knowledge, Cuban offers unconventional business tips

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9. 09

   Principles

   Ray Dalio

   Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years

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10. 10

    The 10X Mentor

    Grant Cardone

    Grant Cardone takes listeners underwing to teach them the fundamentals of his success, and not just modest success: We’re talking 10X success.

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