Episode · Founders · 2026-10-13
Books mentioned on #437 The Tycoons: Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould & Morgan
What I learned from reading The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.
David Senra recommended The Tycoons by Charles R. Morris and Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others, and discussed Me, You, Them by Evie Sage, Hell by Dante Alighieri, and The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Tycoons
The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D.
Recommended“That was an excerpt from the preface of the book that I'm going to talk to you about today, which is The Tycoons, How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Super Economy, and this book was written by Charles R. Morris.”
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Me, You, Them
Discussed“There's this great biography of the partnership that he had with Henry Clay Frick that's called Me, You, and Hell. I've done an episode on that.”
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Hell
Discussed“There's this great biography of the partnership that he had with Henry Clay Frick that's called Me, You, and Hell. I've done an episode on that.”
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The House of Morgan
The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow is a comprehensive historical examination tracing the rise and profound influence of the Morgan banking dynasty across generations of American financial history.
Discussed“So I read this book. I think it's like a probably a 600 or 700 page history of the Morgan family. I think it's called the House of Morgan, if I remember correctly.”
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Zero to One
Why people recommend it: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters's Zero to One offers a provocative guide to startup creation, arguing that true economic progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.
Recommended“And one of my all time favorite quotes is from the book Zero to One. In that book, Peter Thiel writes, he says, the single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places.”
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