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An up close and personal look at the new economy's business tycoons. Provides particularly personal and in-depth profiles on these larger than life moguls: Bill Gates, AOL-Time Warner's Steve Case, Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and Cisco's John Chambers, the business titans of the 21st century.

Leibovich covers the national technology industry for The Washington Post. Previously, he covered the Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News. He lives in Washington D.C.

Acknowledgments

vii

Preface

xi

Introduction

1

(10)

Is It Really True?

11

(44)

Larry Ellison

Everyman, Every Man for Himself

55

(50)

Jeff Bezos

Cisco's Dream Seller

105

(34)

John Chambers

The Alpha Nerd and His Alter Egos

139

(44)

Bill Gates

The Upgrade

183

(46)

Steve Case

Epilogue

229

(6)

Index

235

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The New Imperialists

The New Imperialists

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