Winner of the 2017 National Book Award in Non-Fiction, Gessen’s latest juggernaut of a book about her native homeland of Russia examines Vladimir Putin’s rogue mafia state. I’m glad to have read it.Riverhead The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen In the years ahead, I suspect CEOs and leaders of all stripes will return to its pages for insight into our increasingly complex era. This book has provided a useful lens through which to view the world. and Britain, that have instead evolved into strong partnerships. But it doesn’t have to come to war, and Allison points to other relationships, like the U.S. Add in that China may one day be a larger economy than the U.S., and you have a recipe for conflict. are very different countries, founded on different sets of beliefs, with unique sets of domestic and international challenges. As a history of transitions, this book provides an important perspective on what’s required to maintain mutual relations even as the terms of that relationship evolve. “I was in the office when the investigation was going on,” she said, “so reading about the business aspect of it was interesting.”ĭavid Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?Ī book that’s stayed with me this year is Graham Allison’s Destined for War, which examines the U.S.-China relationship in light of the so-called Thucydides Trap: the idea that violence is inevitable when a rising power crosses paths with one more established. Haun, who used to work as a Justice Department prosecutor (though not directly on Theranos), said it was fascinating to hear the other side of the story. PayPal’s Dan Schulman and Andreessen Horowitz’s Katie Haun both said this was their favorite book of 2018. Blumenthal said, “It made me reflect on my own actions, as both a CEO and a parent,” and Kravis called it a “fascinating book describing how young people are being overly protected.”Īlso garnering several votes was John Carreyrou’s Bad Blood, the deep dive into the rise and fall of blood testing startup Theranos.
Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal, Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster, and KKR’s Henry Kravis all recommended this read. So perhaps it's no surprise that when Bloomberg asked dozens of business leaders to name the best book they read this year, The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, received the most votes. Technology has already infiltrated every human interaction, but 2018 may be remembered as the year we truly started to grapple with the consequences. The Best Books of 2018 Our annual list of what some of the most powerful people in finance were reading this year is heavy on the drawbacks of technology.
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