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Tim Cook Recommended Books
Tim Cook has recommended 7 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Tim Cook is an American business executive who has been the CEO of Apple Inc. since 2011.
(Read more on Wikipedia)7 Books Recommended
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Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight
"Best business book of the century." - Tim Cook (Source)
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Alexis Ohanian recommended this bookAlexis Ohanian
"A great one -- had no idea Nike had such a long history." - Alexis Ohanian
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Anthony Pompliano recommended this bookAnthony Pompliano
"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano
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Austen Allred recommended this bookAusten Allred
"Loved [this book]." - Austen Allred
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like." - Bill Gates
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Bill Gurley recommended this bookBill Gurley
"All entrepreneurs should read." - Bill Gurley
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Brian Armstrong recommended this bookBrian Armstrong
"Memoir by the Nike founder and CEO." - Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong's recommendation of this book +9
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- Jason Calacanis
"Great inspirational [book]." - Jason Calacanis
- Kathryn Minshew
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- Tobi Lütke
"An autobiographical account of one of the world’s most recognizable brands." - Tobi Lütke
- Vlad Tenev
Vlad Tenev's response to Bloomberg's "The Best Books of 2017" survey.
- Warren Buffett
"The best book I read [in 2015]." - Warren Buffett
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy
"A perfect business book & memoir hybrid." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Ryan Shea
Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
- Trung Phan
"About the Footwear industry." - Trung Phan
- Blake Randall
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- Jason Calacanis
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
"Best book on re-examining life and values." - Tim Cook (Source)
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7 people- Bill Gates recommended this book
Bill Gates
"This book left me in tears." - Bill Gates
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Melinda Gates recommended this bookMelinda Gates
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.
Melinda Gates's recommendation of this book - Anthony Pompliano recommended this book
Anthony Pompliano
"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended this bookPatrick O'Shaughnessy
"The memoir of a successful neurosurgeon who is diagnosed with lung cancer." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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Peter King recommended this bookPeter King
"One of the best books I've read in years." - Peter King
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Shauna Niequist recommended this bookShauna Niequist
Shauna Niequist recommended this book on Twitter.
Shauna Niequist's recommendation of this book +1
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- James Clear
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
- James Clear
Competing Against Time
How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets
by George Stalk
One of Tim Cook's all-time favorite books. (Source)
Gandhi
An Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments With Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
"I got interested in because we went to the Gandhi museum when we were in India." - Tim Cook (Source)
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Cory Booker recommended this bookCory Booker
"A profound read." - Cory Booker
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Kevin Kelly recommended this bookKevin Kelly
"[This book] curiously led me to Jesus. [The author]'s stance of radical honesty prompted me to attempt the same. It started my spiritual awakening." - Kevin Kelly
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Trilogy Slipcase Set
by John Lewis
"My hope is that everyone reads this, and I would love to see the day that it is required reading in every school." - Tim Cook (Source)
Trillion Dollar Coach
The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
by Eric Schmidt
"Captured [Bill Campbell's] tireless spirit so future generations can learn from one of our industry's greatest leaders." - Tim Cook (Source)
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Maria Sharapova recommended this bookMaria Sharapova
"I found Bill's ability to translate the qualities of a great sports coach into coaching some of the world's top business leaders truly remarkable." - Maria Sharapova
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John Doerr recommended this bookJohn Doerr
John Doerr recommended this book at the end of "Measure What Matters."
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Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
by Larry Tye
"I tend to like nonfiction and particularly reading about people and how they lived and how they fought, and what motivated them and their philosophy and so forth." - Tim Cook (Source)
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