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HOW TO MAKE A FEW BILLION DOLLARS
Brad Jacobs
ISBN 979-88-86451-74-0
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Publication: 28 MARCH 2024
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ISBN: 9798886451740
Price: £22.75
Binding: Hardback
Format: 229 x 152 mm
Extent: 272 pp
Thema: KJ Business
Comparative title: 9781732510289Exit Rich
Do you have a burning passion to make a lot of money in
business? Are you ready to turbocharge your chances of
professional and personal success?
During his more than four decades as a CEO and serial
entrepreneur, Brad Jacobs has created seven flagship
companies across different industries, delivering tens of
billionsof dollars of value to shareholders. In How to Make a
Few Billion Dollars, Jacobs defines the mindset that drives his
remarkable success in corporate America—and distills a
lifetime of business brilliance into a tactical road map.
During more than four decades as a CEO and serial entrepreneur, From provocative recommendations for “rearranging your
Brad Jacobs has created flagship companies across multiple brain”—an essential prerequisite to accomplishing enormous
industries, delivering tens of billions of dollars of value to shareholders. goals—to practical advice for dealing with colleagues, Jacobs
Jacobs has founded seven companies-all billion-dollar or multibillion- will have you rethinking what it means to win big. He explains
dollar corporations-completed approximately 500 M&A transactions, why it’s critical to spot key trends and capitalize on them,
and raised $30 billion of debt and equity capital through private and including the biggest trend of all—the rapid evolution of
technology relative to human development. And, he shares
public offerings, including three IPOs. He began his career at age 23 his techniques for
when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton
Resources, both privately held. He subsequently created five publicly • turning a healthy fear of failure to your advantage,
traded companies-United Waste Systems, United Rentals, XPO, and • achieving lots of high-quality M&A without imploding,
XPO's two spin-offs, GXO Logistics and RXO. Jacobs has shown a • building an outrageously talented team,
Midas touch with value creation. • catalyzing electric meetings, and
• transforming a company into a superorganism that kills the
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