Eric Schmidt's Book Recommendations

"Reveals how [the author] has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields."

"There’s much to learn from Steve Schwarzman’s contributions to finance, US-China relations, and computing, including AI research. His new book reveals how he has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields. #WhatItTakes"

"[The author] is a superstar, well worth reading."

"Stephen Gillett is a superstar, well worth reading."

"It's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better."

"BLUEPRINT by @NAChristakis is a terrific book that is optimistic about the human condition and that explores the evolutionary origins of a good society. It's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better. via @littlebrown"

"A timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics."

"A timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics."

"When you finish The Better Angels of Our Nature, which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past."

"As someone who’s helped a small company become a huge, valuable company, I know firsthand the power of the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. This book is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that."

"Salesforce.com and Google share a vision for how the cloud will revolutionize computing. Behind the Cloud gives us a rare glimpse at the development of one of the most important trends in business today."

"The author is a fearless entrepreneur who worked hard to help early online merchants get off the ground. Some of them went on to become giants, like Amazon."

"Paints the picture, with key case studies, of what it really takes to build a market-leading company."

"[The insights in this book] continue to influence Google's strategic thinking in a profound way."

"Tells you how to be successful and true to your values in this awe-inspiring narrative of what it takes."

"Extraordinary... Utterly unmissable."