Industrial Genius: The Working Life of Charles Michael Schwab

by Kenneth Warren

Book Overview

Charles Schwab was known to his employees, business associates, and competitors as a congenial and charismatic person-a 'born salesman.' Yet Schwab was much more than a salesman-he was a captain of industry, a man who streamlined and economized the production of steel and ran the largest steelmaking conglomerate in the world. A self-made man, he became one of the wealthiest Americans during the Gilded Age, only to die penniless in 1939. Schwab began...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961997
• ISBN13: 9780822961994
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"