Books Written by Walter Isaacson

"I am reading this great book [...]. He is my favorite author." - Mukesh Ambani

"Sheds light on every facet of [Leonardo da Vinci]’s life." - Bill Gates

"What genius is really made up of, and how to recreate some semblance of it." - Austen Allred

"The history of how great ideas evolve." - Chris Fussell

"A fascinating history of the digital revolution, including the critical but often forgotten role women played from the beginning." - Sheryl Sandberg

"Quite interesting." - Elon Musk

"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won." - Scott Adams

"I noticed a number of similarities between [Steve Jobs and I], especially when [the author] quoted Jobs’s own words. [...] but to be clear, I didn’t think that Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple and Jobs." - Ray Dalio

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

"I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call [this book] a business book." - Gary Vaynerchuk

"[When I read this book] I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book." - George Raveling

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

"I’ve read all the Einstein biographies, and this is by far the best." - Charlie Munger

List of books Bill Gates read in 2011.

"I read [this book and "Benjamin Franklin"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio

"Anybody who can write a book on Einstein and that an idiot like me can understand the physics [was] a miracle." - George Raveling

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

"A great biography. [...] Highly recommended." - Elon Musk

"I’ve recommended [this book] to thousands and thousands of people." - Tim Ferriss

"I read [this book and "Einstein"] and probed [Walter Isaacson] about them to try to glean what characteristics they had in common." - Ray Dalio

"[I read this book and] I am blown away and a little sad because I feel like, 'God damn, I went through all this education. No one ever taught me any of this stuff.'" - George Raveling

Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"The [biography of Benjamin Franklin] I read." - Brandon Stanton

George Raveling mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.