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Stephen Schwarzman's Top Book Recommendations

CEO/Blackstone Group

Want to know what books Stephen Schwarzman recommends? We've researched interviews, social media posts, podcasts, and articles to build a comprehensive list of Stephen Schwarzman's favorite book recommendations of all time. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

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The Prince

Nicollo Machiavelli, Tim Parks

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Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" is intended to be a treatise on ruling and is considered by many to be a classic of political science. In the book Machiavelli offers many bits of practical advice on how to rule and even though the book was written in the early 16th century its ideas are still very relevant today. Where "The Prince" differs from other political literature before it is in its sep
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Stephen Schwarzman

CEO/Blackstone Group

Mr. Schwarzman certainly has no dearth of books at his disposal. His name graces the New York Public Library. But what are his literary loves? Without further ado, here are his five most influential books: “The Prince,” by Niccolò Machiavelli. “We Were Soldiers Once… and Young,” by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway “The Interpretation of Dreams,” by Sigmund Freud “Childhood and Society,” by Erik H. Erikson “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power,” by Daniel Yergin [source]

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Eric Ripert

A fascinating study and still wholly relevant. [source]

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Author & Science Communicator

Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet? … The Prince (Machiavelli) to learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it. If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world. [source]