The Whiz Kids: The Founding Fathers of American Business - and the Legacy they Left Us

by John A. Byrne

Analyzes America's postwar rise to economic power, and sudden decline, in terms of the ambitions and tragic errors of ten influential businessmen

Genres: History, Biography, Business, Nonfiction

581 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1993

About the author

John A. Byrne is an American journalist, author and the CEO of C-Change Media Inc. Byrne is known as the editor-in-chief first at Fast Company Magazine and then businessweek.com, he was also the executive editor of Business Week magazine.

Reviews

[John Carney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story--honest and critical of the men who changed the way Americans view business.

[Frank McGirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting look into ambition and the fallacy of short term vs. long term results...and hubris in general.

[Bob Pollock · Rating 4 out of 5]

My father was a Ford Executive during these years. I was young, but he worked with the people in here such at HFII and Robert Dunham. It was a tough time, but a time of unprecedented growth. A very good read. The only problem was the first couple of chapters were slow.

[Jack Swiatoschik · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent intersection of a business book and a history book, should be required reading for anyone working in the modern organization especially those in strategic rolls.

I don't believe this book is in print and might be difficult to acquire but it is highly worth the effort.

[Tim Oliver]

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