It's a good book. When I was teenager it helps me to understand how Big Company run its business and It encourage me to follow my dreams... As it is an old book, the company are those companies that in 90s where a sign of success such Fedex, Honda, Sony, etc... nowadays those companies aren't the Big Ones but the ideas of the innovators who runs those business still alive.
Had some interesting tidbits about each individual. Author had a tendency to repeat himself and use BIG words unnecessarily when common definitions would have sufficed. Actually praised Donald Trump for his business acumen. Obviously did not do his research there. I found it odd that some of these gentleman (there were no women in this book) had heroes listed like Marquis de Sade, Attila the Hun and Napoleon.