Best business biographies 2018

12 business leaders and entrepreneurs talk about the books that moved, inspired and entertained them – from Nadella on Microsoftto Manjerkar’s autobiography.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon
BOOK: Bad Blood: Secret and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

“The book reveals the darker side of a biotech start-up, Theranos, founded by a highly networked young woman, Elizabeth Holmes, who was often referred to as the female Steve Jobs!

What was chilling was the way the VC community lapped up an un-validated technology based on a galaxy of High Networth Investors and board members and gave it a staggering $9-billion valuation! As a biotech entrepreneur, it led me to believe that we function in a sinister ecosystem where fortunes are built and destroyed at the whims of influential VCs and investors who hardly do any due diligence.

It therefore begs the question of their integrity and fiduciary responsibilities.