Books i have read so far

These are some of the books i have read so far, the rating is based on how much i like them and if i would reccomend them

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

Rating:10/10

1

One of my favorite books on any Hedgefund

The Unpublished David Ogilvy

Rating:10/10

1

One of my favorite books, it mainly consists of letters from David Ogilvy, and everyone should strive to be like him—I, at least, do.One of my favorite books, it mainly consits of letters from David Ogilvy and everyone should strive to be like him, i atleast do

Confessions of an Advertising Man

Rating:10/10

1

Another David Ogilvy book about how he ran Ogilvy & Mather.

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rating:9/10

1

For everyone who is truly creative and wants to understand how one of the great minds thinks.

So Good They Can't Ignore You

Rating:9/10

1

Book on the illusion of passion when searching what to do with you life

How to Make a Few Billion Dollars

Rating:9/10

1

How a serial entrepreneur build muliple billion dollar companies and how he did it

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Rating:9/10

1

Every Chalie Munger book is just good, i read it through the Stripe website for free, its great

Unknown Market Wizards

Rating:9/10

1

Stories of the best traders out there and how they did it and got there (this includes Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards)

Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

Rating:9/10

1

How 8 Ceos had substantial better returns than their peers and how they did it

The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All

Rating:9/10

1

How Bill Gross build PIMCO and then lost it, i reccomend to listen to the audiobook

King Icahn: Biography of a Renegade Capitalist

Rating:8/10

1

One of the greatest activist investors (though I prefer the term "corporate raider") and how he built his fortune.

Elon Musk

Rating:8/10

1

Great book for anyone wanting to learn more about Elon Musk, his journey in starting all his companies, as well as gaining insights into his thought process, work ethic, and principles.

Scientific Advertising

Rating:8/10

1

If you want to know how to advertise this is the only book you need

Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution

Rating:8/10

1

Good advice and tipps how a successful startup should work and how the VC world works by someone who did it himself

The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

Rating:8/10

1

Getting good ad something and how to do it explained by a chess and Tai chi chuan champion Josh Waitzkin

Anything you want

Rating:8/10

1

A book by a real entrepreneur and his learned lesseons

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

Rating:8/10

1

How Mike Bloomberg build Bloomberg from nothing when he got fired from Solomon brothers at 39 and build this multi billion dollar company

It Takes What It Takes

Rating:8/10

1

I wanted to learn more about how truly great athletes think, and the book fulfilled this.

Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies

Rating:7/10

1

Bio on how Charles Koch built this huge conglomerate and his principles

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Rating:7/10

1

This book is about how doing less is often more, emphasizing the importance of choosing how you allocate your time, focusing on what is essential, and avoiding the temptation to do everything.

The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future

Rating:7/10

1

I only read the first half but a good book if you want to dive into the world of oil and corporate raiders/p>

Number Go Up

Rating:7/10

1

Book about the story of Tether and the entire crypto craze—really funny.

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Rating:7/10

1

Really general book about the how you can achieve greater things and how others already did

Chaos Kings

Rating:7/10

1

Another approach to getting alpha in the stock market—an interesting approach building on Nassim Taleb's Black Swan.

Skin in the Game

Rating:7/10

1

An approach about risk taking and how to reduce risk with having skin in the game

Racing Towards Excellence

Rating:7/10

1

Real gem and hard to find, about how to achieve excellence and how the author did it (he later got really really successful)

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

Rating:7/10

1

A books really focues on marco economics and how the world will change in the future based on the past

Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success

Rating:7/10

1

Herb Kelleher and how he build one of the bigget Airlines from scratch

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Rating:7/10

1

Quite a different book but a lot of people reccomended it, about health and live longer better

From The Bronx To Wall Street

Rating:7/10

1

Really inspiring book about how Leon Cooperman build Omega Advisors from nothing

The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World

Rating:6/10

1

Some real gems in this book, especially his approach to assessing probabilities, but from time to time, he talks a bit too much about politics.

The White Sharks of Wall Street: Thomas Mellon Evans and the Original Corporate Raiders

Rating:6/10

1

Good book if you want to know more about how the corporate raiding started/p>

Tools of Titans

Rating:6/10

1

Short storys about successful people

The Power of Eye Contact

Rating:6/10

1

About the power of eye contact and how to get better at it

Trading in the Zone

Rating:6/10

1

Real classic about trading psychology

Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

Rating:6/10

1

The only book you need on the derivatives market. It's huge, so you really need to digest it and take your time.

The Alpha Masters

Rating:6/10

1

Small Chapters about individual Hedgefunds

Best Loser Wins

Rating:6/10

1

A newer version of trading in the zone with great Stories from his live

Hedge Fund Market Wizards

Rating:5/10

1

Market Wizards just for Hedgefunds liked it but not as much as the classic ones

Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation

Rating:5/10

1

How Henry Singelton built Teledyne and his strategie

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

Rating:5/10

1

Been some time since i read this, kind of like "think and grow rich" but still liked it

Think and grow rich

Rating:5/10

1

One of the first books i ever really read, good but not great

Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business

Rating:5/10

1

Bio on how John Malone built TCI from first just being an employee and then just expanded huge

Volatility Trading

Rating:5/10

1

Technical book on volatility trading but much math

Security Analysis

Rating:3/10

1

This might be controverisal but i did not like secuity Analysis, its too long. Id rather read any book by aswath damodaran

Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Rating:2/10

1

The overall message of the book is good; it suggests that Generalists generally have an edge over Specialists. But there are too many examples, this book could have easily been a blog post.

Rich dad Poor dad

Rating:1/10

1

Really overhyped and just way to generic