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by Kevin Maney; Foreword by James C. Collins

The first complete look at one of America's legendary business leaders, this groundbreaking biography offers fresh insight and new information on one of the twentieth century's greatest business figures--Thomas J. Watson.

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The first complete look at one of America's legendary business leaders This groundbreaking biography by Kevin Maney, acclaimed technology columnist for USA Today, offers fresh insight and new information on one of the twentieth century's greatest business figures. Over the course of forty-two years, Thomas J. Watson took a failing business called The Computer-Tabulating-Recording Company and transformed it into IBM, the world's first and most famous high-tech company. The Maverick and His Machine is the first modern biography of this business titan. Maney secured exclusive access to hundreds of boxes of Watson's long-forgotten papers, and he has produced the only complete picture of Watson the man and Watson the legendary business leader. These uncovered documents reveal new information about how Watson bet the company in the 1920s on tabulating machines-the forerunners to computers-and how he daringly beat the Great Depression of the 1930s. The documents also lead t...

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Dies ist die erste umfassende und ma gebliche Biographie von Thomas J. Watson, dem sogenannten 'Vater der technologischen Revolution' und Grnder von IBM.

"The Maverick and His Machine" enthllt einzigartige neue Erkenntnisse und gewhrt tiefe Einblicke in Watsons Leben und Schaffen.

Dieses aussergewhnliche Buch entstand in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Watsons Familie.

Sie gewhrte Autor Kevin Maney exklusiven Zugang zu IBM Archiven und zu 340 Kartons mit Watsons ganz persnlichen Aufzeichnungen, die bislang unverffentliche Informationen ber Watson enthielten (darunter auch zu seiner kontroversen Beziehung zu Adolf Hitler).

Kevin Maney ist ein anerkannter und einflussreicher Technologie Kolumnist der USA Today, der vielfach fr seine journalistische Arbeit ausgezeichnet wurde. Er verfgt ber erstklassige Kontakte zu Spitzenvertretern der Technologiebranche, wie z.B. zu Andy Grove und Scott McNealy.

Mit einem Vorwort von Jim Collins, Bestsellerautor von "Built to Last" und "Good to Great".

Mit bislang unverffentlichtem Fotomaterial.

"The Maverick and His Machine" - Die einzige ma gebliche, umfassende und aktuelle Biographie zu Thomas J. Watson. Sie enthllt ganz neue Elemente von Watsons Charakter und zeichnet ein ganzheitliches Bild dieses legendren Unternehmers.

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THOMAS JOHN WATSON BEGAN HIS LIFE AT AGE 40, after Dayton, Ohio, nearly ruined him.

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"A timely and authoritative biography. Without lapsing into hero worship, [Maney] presents a great, if flawed, man in all his humanity."
-BusinessWeek

"A . . . lively and nuanced picture of the senior Watson. [It] brings this complex man to life and provides a clearer sense of how the IBM culture took shape around one man's quirks, preferences, and iron whims."
-The New York Times

"The author's delightful anecdotes showcase the quirky, human side of what became a major knowledge-based company."
-Harvard Business Review

"Should be recommended reading for anyone who seriously wants to be a business mogul."
-The Economist

"Formidable in its research, vivid, insightful, and often hilarious."
-Management Today

"Should hold great appeal not only for avid business readers but also for devotees of the vicissitudes of financial dynasties."
-Publishers Weekly

"The gripping story of sky-high ambition, iron willpower, huge bet-the-company gambles, humiliating failure, and unparalleled success-one of the best books ever written about the technology industry, about one of the most fascinating people in twentieth-century America."
-Marc Andreessen, Cofounder of Opsware, Inc. and Netscape

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Title The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM
Author Kevin Maney; Foreword by James C. Collins
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 528
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, USA
Date 2004-08-03
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780471679257 / 0471679259
Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.2 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002014047
Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

KEVIN MANEY is a nationally syndicated, award-winning USA Today technology columnist. He was voted best technology columnist by the business journalism publication TJFR. Marketing Computers magazine has, four times, named him one of the most influential technology columnists. He is also the author of the BusinessWeek bestseller Megamedia Shakeout, from Wiley. Maney lives in Clifton, Virginia, with his wife and two children.

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