World's richest people who credit their success to books

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Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates reads roughly 50 books a year, as per reports! Gates often shares his views on some of his favorite books on his official blog. "It (reading) is one of the chief ways that I learn, and has been since I was a kid," he told the New York Times in an interview

Elon Musk

Tesla and SpaceX CEO- Elon Musk once revealed, in an interview to Bloomberg, that he was 'bookwormy' kid. Over the years, he was often spoken about the books that have inspired him. Some of them are: 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Benjamin Franklin', 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', among others

Warren Buffet

Did you know that Warren Buffett almost spends 80 percent of his time in reading daily? His net worth is approximately $116 billion, as of may 2022, and he is the sixth richest man in the world! Some books that Warren Buffet has read and recommended in the past are 'The Intelligent Investor', 'Security Analysis', 'Investing Between the Lines', among others

Oprah Winfrey

TV Show host-author Oprah Winfrey often shares the books she is currently reading in her bookclub. Talking about how books have shaved her into the person that she is today.

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO - Mark Zuckerberg took up the challenge of reading two books per week sometime back. "Reading has given me more perspective on a number of topics" he once said

Charlie Munger

Warren Buffet's right hand man, Charlie Munger is also an avid reader. Munger, Vice-chairman- Berkshire Hathaway once said "Warren and I do more reading and thinking and less doing than most people in business. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think"

Jess Bezos

The chairman and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos net worth of $138.1 billion makes him the third richest man in the world today. It is known that Bezos initially started Amazon by selling books online, and the rest as they say is History. Bezos is quite an avid reader and some books that he had read and recommended are 'Built to Last', 'Rework', 'Creation', among others

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