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  • The Business of Tomorrow

  • The Visionary Life of Harry Guggenheim; From Aviation and Rocketry to the Creation of an Art Dynasty
  • By: Dirk Smillie
  • Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
  • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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The Business of Tomorrow

By: Dirk Smillie
Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
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A veteran Forbes journalist brings to life the brilliant and complex Harry Guggenheim in the first-ever biography on this groundbreaking American figure.

At the turn of the last century, the Guggenheim family ran the most powerful mining conglomerate on earth. Decades later came the Guggenheim museum, which became the hub of the world’s most powerful art brand. In between, the Guggenheim name was uttered in every field from aviation to politics, from journalism to rocketry.

But who was behind this epic sphere of influence? It took three generations of Guggenheims to build the wealth in its first era. Yet it was the singular force of Harry Guggenheim who would guide the family’s next generation of businesses into modernity. Part angel investor, part entrepreneur, part technologist, Harry launched businesses whose impact on 20th-century America went far beyond the Guggenheims’ mines or museum. His visionary investments continue to profoundly influence our world and hold valuable business lessons for billionaire dynasty builders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

A flawed but brilliant man, Harry Guggenheim was the confidante to five American presidents and a key financial force behind commercial aviation and space exploration, two innovations that catapulted the nation into the future.

With unprecedented archival access, Dirk Smillie astutely examines Harry’s business acumen, intellectual curiosities, and the world he lived in. Whether it was his paradoxical friendship with Charles Lindbergh or his dynamic and ambitions family members, Smillie puts Harry’s life and work in rich context. Epic and intimate, The Business of Tomorrow reveals the fascinating life of an American icon.

©2021 Dirk Smillie (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
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Great story about a family that few know about

Most people know the Guggenheim name, but very few know the roots of this families immense wealth as well as the immense impact into its mining, business, real estate, aeronautics, art, and political ventures. This book does a great job of telling this story through the lense of perhaps its most interesting family members!

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