Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xxvii
Chapter I The Accidental Empire Builder (1162-1227) Genghis Khan 1
Chapter II The Explorer Who Made a Science of Discovery (1394-1460) Prince Henry 31
Chapter III The Rogue Who Captured India for the British Empire (1725-1774) Robert Clive 59
Chapter IV The Godfather of Global Banking (1744-1812) Mayer Amschel Rothschild 95
Chapter V The Tycoon Who Wired the Atlantic (1819-1892) Cyrus Field 125
Chapter VI The Titan Who Built the Energy Industry and also Launched Global Philanthropy (1839-1937) John D. Rockefeller 161
Chapter VII The Diplomat Who Reinvented Europe (1888-1979) Jean Monnet 195
Chapter VIII The Iron Lady Who Revived Free Markets (1925-2013) Margaret Thatcher 235
Chapter IX The Man behind the Third Industrial Revolution (1936-2016) Andrew Grove 273
Chapter X The Pragmatist Who Relaunched China (1904-1997) Deng Xiaoping 311
Chapter XI The Best is Yet to Come 345
Author's Note 361
Acknowledgments 365
Notes 367
Bibliography 391
Index 423