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- Many business leaders credit books for giving them the knowledge that helped make them successful.
- Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates have recommended many books over the years, from biographies to leadership guides to sci-fi novels.
You learn by doing, but you also learn a lot by reading.
Many influential business figures, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. say they learned some of their most important lessons from books.
The trio has recommended countless books over the years that they credit with strengthening their business acumen and teaching them about leadership.
Here are 25 books recommended by Bezos, Musk, and Gates to add to your reading list for 2022: