What CEOs are reading

Dominic Barton, Managing Director, McKinsey

1.           The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici — Catherine Fletcher (Bodley Head, 2016; nonfiction)

2.           The European Identity: Historical and Cultural Realities We Cannot Deny — Stephen Green (Haus Publishing, 2016; nonfiction)

3.           China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom — Winston Ma (John Wiley & Sons, 2016; nonfiction)

4.           The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks — Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)

Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk

1.           Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon—Kevin Fedarko (Scribner, 2014; nonfiction)

2.           Ordinary Grace—William Kent Krueger (Atria Books, 2014; fiction)

3.           Out Stealing Horses: A Novel—Per Petterson (Picador, 2008; fiction)

4.           Fundamentals of Press Brake Tooling—Ben Rapien (Hanser, 2010; nonfiction)

Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria

1.           Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy—Robert H. Frank (Princeton University Press, 2016; nonfiction)

2.           Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike—Phil Knight (Scribner, 2016; nonfiction)

3.           History’s People: Personalities and the Past—Margaret MacMillan (House of Anansi Press, 2015; nonfiction)

4.           The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism—Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson (Oxford University Press, 2013; nonfiction)

Jamie Dimon, CEO & President, JPMorgan Chase

1.           The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America—Arthur C. Brooks (Broadside Books, 2015; nonfiction)

2.           Ronald Reagan—Jacob Weisberg (Times Books, 2016; nonfiction)

Reid Hoffman, Executive Chairman, LinkedIn

1.           The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them—And They Shape Us—Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan (PublicAffairs, 2016; nonfiction)

2.           More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First—Steve Hilton with Jason and Scott Bade (WH Allen, 2015; nonfiction)

3.           The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements—Eric Hoffer (HarperCollins Publishers, 2010; nonfiction)

4.           This Brave New World: India, China and the United States—Anja Manuel (Simon & Schuster, 2016; nonfiction)

5.           The Gene: An Intimate History—Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner, 2016; nonfiction)

6.           The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks—Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown & Company, 2016; nonfiction)

Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman, Dow

1.           The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing—Benjamin Graham (Harper Business, 2006; nonfiction)

2.           The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization—James Lacey (Bantam, 2013; nonfiction)

3.           Australia’s Second Chance—George Megalogenis (Penguin Books Australia, 2015; nonfiction)

Carlo Messina, CEO & managing Director, Intesa Sanpaolo

1.           When Breath Becomes Air—Paul Kalanithi (Random House, 2016; nonfiction)

Phuthuma Nhleko, CEO & Executive Chairman, Mobile Telephone Networks

2.           The Life of the Mind—Hannah Arendt (Mariner Books, 1981; nonfiction)

3.           The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy—Mervyn King (W.W. Norton & Company, 2016; nonfiction)

Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco

1.           Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion—Gregory Boyle (Free Press, 2011; nonfiction)

2.           Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford—Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin (Gallery Books, 2016; nonfiction)

3.           The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks—Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)

Roberto Setubal, CEO, Itaú Unibanco

1.           The Man Who Loved Dogs: A Novel—Leonardo Padura (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015; fiction)

2.           Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy—Raghuram G. Rajan (Princeton University Press, 2011; nonfiction)

3.           The Spinoza Problem: A Novel—Irvin D. Yalom (Basic Books, 2013; fiction)

Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman, Nokia

1.           Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies—Nick Bostrom (Oxford University Press, 2014; nonfiction)

2.           Who Gets What—and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design—Alvin E. Roth (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015; nonfiction)

3.           Cryptonomicon—Neal Stephenson (Avon Books, 2002; fiction)

4.           Global Energy Interconnection—Zhenya Liu (Academic Press, 2015; nonfiction)

5.           花木兰—the Chinese folk tale of Mulan (fiction, in Mandarin)

Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman, Corning

1.           The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks—Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)

2.           The Gilead trilogy, comprising Gilead, 2006; Home, 2009; and Lila, 2015—Marilynne Robinson (Picador; fiction)

3.            Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)—Chade-Meng Tan (HarperOne, 2014; nonfiction)

http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/leadership/what-ceos-are-reading?cid=other-eml-alt-mip-mck-oth-1607

My First Pick:
When Breath Becomes Air—Paul Kalanithi &
 The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks—Joshua Cooper Ramo