Business Biographies

My Unfinished Business by Dan S. Kennedy invites readers on an introspective journey through the author's rich tapestry of life experiences. This engaging collection of autobiographical essays traverses the undulating terrains of personal and professional realms, revealing the raw and candid moments that define Kennedy's journey. The book intricately weaves stories from his entrepreneurial escapades to his candid reflections on...

In the whimsical yet insightful tale of Bell Hammers by Lancelot Schaubert, readers find themselves immersed in the vibrant world of Remmy Harts. Set in the charming backdrop of Bellhammer, Illinois, the story follows Remmy's journey from mischievous childhood pranks to a fierce determination to defend his community against corporate greed. Raised under the watchful eye of his grandfather, Remmy...

The New New Thing by Michael Lewis is a captivating exploration of the tech boom at the turn of the millennium. The narrative centres on the enigmatic Jim Clark, a visionary entrepreneur renowned for founding Silicon Graphics and Netscape, companies that have left an indelible mark on the digital landscape. Clark's latest endeavour aims to revolutionise the healthcare industry with...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023 _______________ 'A beautiful book: compellingly written, tender and thoughtful' — Ruby Tandoh 'A warm, incandescent memoir about identity, food, family, relationships' — Annie Lord Growing up in a Chinese takeaway in rural Wales, Angela Hui was made aware at a very young age...

From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes Steve Jobs, the landmark biography of the iconic Apple co-founder. This compelling narrative delves deep into the very essence of one of the most influential figures of our time. From illuminating his visionary work to detailing his personal triumphs and tribulations, Isaacson crafts an extraordinary account, revealing the many facets of Jobs' life that...

Pure Invention by Matt Alt takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the rise of Japanese culture and its unprecedented impact on the world. Through compelling narrative and meticulous research, Alt explores how an array of Japanese creations—from the humble Walkman to the revolutionary Nintendo Entertainment System—reshaped global society. As Alt delves into the heart of Japan's influence, he unveils...

On October 28th, hours after completing a $44 billion takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk tweeted to his millions of followers, "The bird is freed." Musk's takeover of Twitter was one of the most audacious and remarkable deals in tech history. The Battle for Twitter takes readers back to the very beginning and explores how we reached this point. It examines...

Behind every great interview is a great booker – Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news – Piers Morgan She is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as ‘a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion’. She is many things besides: the first in her...

'An amazing portrait of how grifters came to be called visionaries and high finance lost its mind.' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit The definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and the company's epic unravelling from the journalists who first broke the story wide open. In 2001, Adam Neumann arrived in New York after five...

The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger provides a captivating and insightful journey into the world of corporate leadership through the eyes of one of the most successful CEOs of our time. This book is more than just a memoir; it is a masterclass in leadership and innovation, offering invaluable lessons that can be applied to any industry or...

Never Enough by Andrew Wilkinson offers an unflinching and candid exploration of the high stakes world of entrepreneurship and the lives of the ultra-rich. Chronicling his extraordinary journey from a modest barista to a formidable entrepreneur, Wilkinson invites readers to delve into the realities of building a billion-dollar enterprise. By the age of thirty-five, his business had surpassed the billion-dollar...

How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis is an illuminating guide crafted by one of Britain's most successful self-made entrepreneurs. This compelling book provides a unique blend of autobiographical content and practical advice aimed at helping aspiring entrepreneurs and ambitious individuals achieve financial success. Felix Dennis embarks on a riveting journey, recounting his rise from modest beginnings in South London...

In this eloquent first-person account of a familial saga that fundamentally transformed the landscape of American business, Father, Son & Co. unveils the profound and complex relationship between two titans of industry, Thomas J. Watson Sr. and his son, Thomas J. Watson Jr. The man who revolutionised IBM into the world’s largest and most influential computer company offers an intimate...

Damaged Goods by Oliver Shah is a gripping and meticulously researched account of the dramatic rise and fall of Sir Philip Green, the once-celebrated magnate of the British high street. This extraordinary tale delves into the life and career of a man who, at the peak of his power, was a titan of the retail world—with the clout to command...

The first and fascinating look into the mind of Jim Simons, the shy billionaire who revolutionised Wall Street. Jim Simons is the greatest moneymaker in modern financial history. His record bests those of legendary investors, including Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Ray Dalio. Yet Simons and his strategies are shrouded in mystery. The financial industry has long craved a look...

"I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact." - Elon Musk South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind some of today's most revolutionary companies including PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance offers a deep dive into the life of this complex genius who wants to save our planet, colonise...

Insane Mode is the astounding story of the most revolutionary car company since Ford, revealing how, under Elon Musk's leadership, it is bringing to an end the era of gasoline-powered transportation. Hamish McKenzie, journalist and former writer for Tesla, explores how an unlikely West Coast start-up with an audacious dream to create a new successful US car company, went up...

‘A gripping but utterly heartrending read’ – The Sunday Times ‘A must-read for beauty fans and budding entrepreneurs alike’ – Glamour Jo Malone is the inspirational British businesswoman responsible for creating her globally renowned beauty business and, more recently, her new brand Jo Loves. Discover her incredible journey from modest beginnings as a teenager, struggling with dyslexia and leaving school...

An authoritative company history of Berkshire Hathaway, fully updated to cover the last five years. Beginning with Berkshire's origins as a struggling textile company, The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway examines the development of the modern-day conglomerate year-by-year and decade-by-decade, as it transforms into what it is today. This comprehensive analysis distils over 10,000 pages of research material, including...

From the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. $10,000 and countless...

Whenever women are honest about their struggles, they give other women a gift. Mia delivers. — Elizabeth Gilbert Strife is for every woman who's been told success is as simple as Lean In, Say Yes, Live Your Best Life, Beat Your Fear, Follow Your Dream ... and then feel #soblessed. It's for guilty friends, bad mums, crap wives, imperfect feminists,...

From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched biography. Daniel and Alexander arrived in London in the 1830s at a crucial moment...

A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time - Robert Harris, author of An Officer and a Spy Gripping and compulsively readable - Saul David, Sunday Telegraph Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after a painful false start...

A fresh biography of legendary entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, with a contrarian and corrective point of view. Colonel Tom Parker, often reviled in his time, led the strategy from the earliest days of Elvis's career. Together, they built the most legendary partnership in show business. For the first time, Colonel Parker's story is told by an insider, Greg McDonald,...

Buffett's Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s, earning him his first millions, and uncovers unique insights in the process. Using the same documents Buffett used when he made these investments, the author reveals the fascinating inside stories of: How Philadelphia and Reading, Buffett's largest investment in 1954, transformed from a...

Gripping and darkly comic, Breaking Twitter takes readers inside the battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our time — Elon Musk — and the company that owns our world's best hope for a shared global conversation. From employee accounts within Twitter headquarters to the mission-driven team Musk surrounded himself with, this is the full story...

A Bigger Picture, the bestselling political memoir of 2020, is authored by Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s 29th prime minister. This narrative tells the remarkable story of his life. Now available in paperback, this edition is updated with an all-new foreword by the author, shedding light on the significant political and cultural changes happening today. When Malcolm Turnbull assumed the nation’s top...

The gripping, definitive account of the secretive family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. When Edward C. Johnson II founded Fidelity in 1946, investing was a pursuit reserved for the elite. Today, nearly $13 trillion flows through Fidelity's customer accounts and investment funds—touching the lives of one in every six Americans. With little fanfare, Fidelity...

Tadao Ando is one of the most celebrated architects of our time. Winner of the Pritzker Prize and numerous other international awards, his bold, concrete buildings and their interplay with light, shadow, and nature have become emblematic symbols of the modern world, blending modernist design with Eastern spirituality from his native Japan. Now, at eighty-five, Ando looks back on a...

Pan Am, Gimbel's, Pullman, Douglas Aircraft, Digital Equipment Corporation, British Leyland— all once as strong as dinosaurs, all now just as extinct. Destruction of businesses, fortunes, products, and careers is the price of progress toward a better material life. No one understood this bedrock economic principle better than Joseph A. Schumpeter. Creative destruction, he said, is the driving force of...

Sanjeev Gupta is a fast-talking billionaire with all the trappings of success. He boasts world-class charm, a huge appetite for risk, and a remarkable ability to inspire belief. The media christens him the 'Saviour of Steel'. When he jets into Whyalla in South Australia to buy its bankrupt steelworks in 2017, Gupta is given a royal reception. He promises to...

"Chuck Feeney is a remarkable role model, and the ultimate example of giving while living." (Bill Gates) This bestselling book tells the inspiring life story of Chuck Feeney, known as the "James Bond of philanthropy." Feeney made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world's largest duty-free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes magazine as...

An absorbing portrait of Edmond de Rothschild, who defied his class to help build a nation—and found his identity in the process. Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934) was born into one of the wealthiest families in history, but his legacy lies beyond banking, art, and aristocratic privilege. In this compelling biography, award-winning historian and journalist James McAuley tells the story of...

Peter Cuneo distills a lifetime of courageous leadership into timeless lessons for a world in flux - Soledad O'Brien Peter Cuneo, who rescued Marvel Entertainment from near bankruptcy and orchestrated its $4.5 billion Disney sale, knows leadership. In Superhero Leadership, he distils decades of turnaround expertise into leadership fundamentals. Drawing from successful transformations at Marvel, Black & Decker, Remington, and...

Perfect for fans of Mel Robbins' The Let Them Theory and The Courage to be Disliked. The new book from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly. Have you ever: Got stuck in your career? Said 'yes, sure' when you should have said 'sorry, no'? Tried to change someone? Listened to your inner voice? These are all...

“David Junk delivers the goods... a jaunty, picaresque memoir” – The Washington Post The true story of Universal Music Russia’s first CEO and his quest to bring Western popular music to post-Soviet Russia. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia opened its borders, and Russian audiences were hungry for Western popular music and the values it espoused. David Junk...

Praise for The Maverick and His Machine "Like all great biographers, Kevin Maney gives us an engaging story and so much more. His fascinating and definitive book about IBM's founder is replete with amazing revelations and character lessons that resonate today. Among the gems: how a demanding curmudgeon managed to shape a collaborative corporate culture and create a legacy that...

The raw and inspiring story of how a former prisoner overcame abuse, addiction and incarceration to become CEO of a global business, helping and coaching others to break free of their self-imposed limitations. "ONE OF THE MOST CAPTIVATING BOOKS I'VE READ IN YEARS" - Simon Alexander Ong Your most difficult experiences aren't setbacks. They're the starting points on your journey...

A groundbreaking chronicle of the life and legacy of Virgil Abloh from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, Robin Givhan. In 2018, Louis Vuitton appointed a designer with no formal training to be the head of menswear - the first Black director in the brand's 164-year history, upending a century's worth of ideas about luxury and taste. Recounting Virgil Abloh's remarkable ascent to...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost businessman. “Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple:...

Do you have a nagging fear that your work isn't truly important? Or that your potential greatness will wither, unrealised? Most people never feel purpose in their work. They never bring their full energy to a meaningful mission. Purpose and intensity are Elon Musk's superpowers. He chooses colossal missions. Then he is maniacal, creative, and relentless in pursuit of success....

Do you have a nagging fear that your work isn't truly important? Or that your potential greatness will wither, unrealized? Most people never feel purpose in their work. They never bring their full energy to a meaningful mission. Purpose and intensity are Elon Musk's superpowers. He chooses colossal missions. Then he is maniacal, creative, and relentless in pursuit of success....

Femi Otedola is one of Africa's greatest philanthropists. The self-made entrepreneur and Forbes-rated billionaire dreamt of his first business before he was ten years old and made his first billion by the age of 41. Part business book, part memoir, Making It Big charts Otedola's ambition, hard work, successes, challenges, and setbacks—from making a billion, to losing a billion, to...

Once upon a time, Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet—for free. Today, Torvalds is an international folk hero. His creation, LINUX, is used by over 12 million people, as well as by companies...

You've never really made it in fashion. Nobody cares how good you used to be. It's about today and tomorrow. Describing his journey from leaving school at fifteen with undiagnosed dyslexia to his life-changing accident that would end his dream of becoming a racing cyclist, Sir Paul's journey has been anything but conventional. From his immersion in the strange new...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Financial Times Book of the Year Economist Book of the Year ‘A political epic’ – Guardian ‘This is the book Trump fears most.’ – Axios Few journalists have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few better understand the polarising 45th president or his motivations. In this astonishing, illuminating book, Haberman...

This is the moving story of a woman who, throughout her life, has refused to be defined by what others think she can or cannot do. Minnie Baragwanath was diagnosed, at the age of 15, with a congenital condition that left her legally blind. However, she did not meekly accept the limitations that blindness might have imposed on her: instead,...

The definitive biography of Brian Epstein – the man who made the Beatles – by leading Beatles biographer Philip Norman. Brian Epstein didn’t just manage the Beatles – he transformed them into the most famous band the world has ever known. A young record-shop owner from Liverpool, he took four relatively unknown musicians and set out to make them ‘bigger...

Priscilla Presley's divorce from Elvis left his fans incredulous. How could she leave the man every woman wanted? From the outside, life in Elvis's mansion looked glamorous and enviable, and in many respects, it was. But inside the mansion, her husband was constantly surrounded by a male entourage while at the gates, lines of beautiful women waited hopefully for an...

For more than half a century, Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has been one of the world's most respected businessmen, not just because of his savvy investments and unmatched record of returns, but also because of his humility, candour, and refreshing perspective on wealth. Despite this tremendous success, the Oracle of Omaha doesn't feel entitled to...

Roll the Calls is as ferociously powerful as the iconic figure at its centre, Ari Emanuel – the inspiration for Entourage’s Ari Gold, and one of the most legendary powerbrokers of all time – a man who made rage and chaos into the instruments of his success. Expertly written with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and biographer J. R. Moehringer, Roll the...

The inspiring story of Mary Penfold, the mother of the Australian wine industry - a self-taught vintner and business genius who emigrated to a frontier settlement and built her family's small vineyard into one of the world's most respected winemakers. Bestselling author and biographer Grantlee Kieza turns his focus to the birth of the Australian wine industry and the mother,...

A lyrical and powerful memoir-meets-manifesto by Britain's leading voice in agriculture, life-long farmer Minette Batters. Minette Batters was the first female president of the National Farmers' Union in its 109-year history. During that time, she fought tooth and nail for the interests of farmers, never afraid to put her head above the parapet. But Minette's expertise in British farming spanned...

“Exceptional . . . Deeply researched and elegantly written . . . As a description of the politics and pressures under which modern independent central banking has to operate, the book is incomparable.” —Financial Times The definitive biography of the most important economic statesman of our time, from the bestselling author of The Power Law and More Money Than God....

Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training, and advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries. But even more interesting than Ray Kroc the business legend is Ray...

Lessons on life and business you are guaranteed to find nowhere else. Crocs are many things to many people. They're the best-selling non-sneaker shoe on the planet, for starters. For some, it's true, they're the ugliest shoe ever made. What's indisputable is, two decades later, they've been worn by billions of feet worldwide, from the supermarket to the red carpet....

It is dawn on Thursday, 14 February 2019, and armed FSB agents are raiding Michael Calvey's Moscow apartment. He is being arrested for a crime that never happened. Twenty-eight years earlier, Calvey—a newly graduated, aspiring Wall Street hotshot—made a short trip from America to the recently collapsed USSR to look at potential investments. Sensing huge opportunity, he soon based himself...

How the Apple Store changed shopping forever – one customer at a time. In Shop Different: A Retail Story, visionary retailer Ron Johnson reveals the untold story of how he and Steve Jobs created the Apple store. From the first store’s opening to a global empire of over 500 locations, Johnson shares a behind-the-scenes look at iconic moments, including the...

In 1924, into the tiny town of Warrnambool, which then had a population of a fraction under 4000 people, there came a travelling salesman... The remarkable life and achievements of Fletcher Jones. Australians of a certain generation all know Fletcher Jones - the stores, the clothing, the daggy dad slacks - but not many people know the extraordinary story of...

We must fail in order to succeed. We know it's true in theory—but what does it mean in practice? Fail Smarter reveals the methods that the world's most successful people use to embrace, overcome, and learn from failure—and turn it into the fuel of their successes. Drawing on hundreds of hours of conversations with millionaires, entrepreneurs, and CEOs, Dougal Shaw...

Walter Isaacson's enthralling (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose...

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Bill Gates named Shoe...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • A “brilliant” (The Boston Globe) memoir of one Iranian teacher’s steadfast pursuit to educate young women under a government that sought to stifle them “An inspiring account of an insatiable desire for intellectual freedom.”—USA Today “A poignant, searing tale about the secret ways Iranian women defy...

The real story of how the Guinness family created the largest brewery in the world. Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh and head of the Guinness family, is only too aware of the immense legacy of his extraordinary family. In this narrative non-fiction book, he draws on family letters, archives and photographs to tell, for the first time,...

We all should heed the lessons I've learned and what I continue to believe: the law, properly applied, is a powerful force for good in our society. In this thoughtful and candid memoir, former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry D. Thompson explores the big questions of his life and career, from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his time advising...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales from the Dancefloor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter. Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene that...

The no-holds-barred account of the destruction of Lehman Brothers, by insider Larry McDonald. When Lehman Brothers bank went under, the world gasped. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, its downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This is the gripping inside story of the dark characters who...

"Buffett has generously endowed us all with a sensible and intelligent roadmap for investing." - Robert G Hagstrom Warren Buffett - The Oracle of Everything. He has been right about the stock market, rotten accounting, CEO greed, and corporate governance. The rest of us are just catching on." - Fortune "Warren Buffett has turned value investing into an art form,...

A biography of the man behind the MG. M.G., the world's most-loved make of sports car, was created in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber—invariably known as Kim. Rising above disability, with his energy, enthusiasm, and vision, Kimber became a leading figure in the British motor industry. Initially placing sporty bodies on Morris chassis, within a few years he had built...

The classic story of how Apple became the most valuable company in the world, reissued for Apple's 50th anniversary. Every empire has an origin story. This is Apple's. Before Apple became the most valuable company in the world, it was just an idea sparked in a garage. Return to the Little Kingdom is Michael Moritz's vivid, behind-the-scenes account of Apple's...

GET OUT THERE, GIVE IT 110% AND ABSOLUTELY SMASH IT! Tom Skinner is a grafter. Born and bred in Romford, he’s spent a lifetime on market stalls and has always had an eye for opportunity. He’s sold everything from laughing monkeys to luxury mattresses! Like a magician, Tom can make something out of nothing, although he’s seen it all disappear...

The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and their attempt to create an electric-powered city of tomorrow on the Tennessee River. During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of...

Ellen Ullman's humane, insightful, and beautifully written memoir is a cult classic exploring the ever-complicating intersections between people and technology. Writing from 1990s San Francisco, where she ran a programming business that served everyone from credit card companies to AIDS clinics, she describes the strange ecstasies of programming and the even stranger social dynamics of the emerging California tech world....

While writing his autobiography, Jean Paul Getty—then perhaps the world's richest man—hoped it would be the final verdict on himself, on his many friends and associates, and on his times. Regrettably, it proved to be so: Getty died in 1976 as As I See It was going to press. Reissued with a number of additional illustrations, this lively autobiography introduces...

An esthetician and single mother with no connections, Anastasia Soare risked her life escaping communist Romania to come to America. Raising Brows tells the remarkable story of how she built a billion-dollar beauty brand and went from watching Oprah's TV show to learn English, to shaping Oprah's eyebrows on the very same show years later. Anastasia disrupted the beauty industry...

Condé Nast's life and career was as high profile and glamorous as his magazines. Moving to New York in the early twentieth century with just the shirt on his back, he soon became the highest paid executive in the United States, acquiring Vogue in 1909 and Vanity Fair in 1913. Alongside his editors, Edna Woolman Chase at Vogue and Frank...

Virginia Giuffre's three nights in March 2001 have become well-trodden territory in the world media, but who really is the person who took on her previous billionaire employers, and how was a girl from a broken home with not much education able to take down the rich and famous? Her gripping story follows her from her teenage years, when she...

Value investing is not just a system for success in the market. It is also an intellectual toolkit for achieving a deeper understanding of the world. In The Joys of Compounding, the value investor Gautam Baid builds a holistic approach to value investing and philosophy from his wide-ranging reading, combining practical approaches, self-cultivation, and business wisdom. Distilling investment and life...

“Stanton has a breezy and engaging style that reads well and quickly. It’s a hard book to put down.” — David McKee, Editor in Chief at Casino Life Magazine A PolitiBrawl Recommended Book The rags-to-riches tale of controversial media personality Dave Portnoy. “17 years ago, I started a little gambling rag in my parents’ basement called Barstool Sports. I had...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving portrait of friendship by Elyce Arons as she reflects on her long relationship with Kate Spade, whom she met in college and with whom she cofounded the multi-billion-dollar fashion company as they came of age in 1990s New York.When Elyce Arons first met Katy Brosnahan in a University of Kansas dorm room, she had...