In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of outliers-the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He explains the secrets of software billionaires like Bill Gates and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band, and asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: their culture, family, generation, and upbringing.