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It was described as a densely researched book that tracks the world's most powerful men and their corporate influence, focusing on the top 25 firms worth trillions and how they shape everything from digital IDs to farmland ownership.
This is a densely researched book that tracks the most powerful men on the planet, the key players among the 25 men whose companies now account for some $10trillion in wealth.
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It was described as a densely researched book that tracks the world's most powerful men and their corporate influence, focusing on the top 25 firms worth trillions and how they shape everything from digital IDs to farmland ownership.
This is a densely researched book that tracks the most powerful men on the planet, the key players among the 25 men whose companies now account for some $10trillion in wealth.
First, let's start with the name of the book, since it really captures its premise, Controligarchs.
The characters in this book are not every billionaire; the oligarchs here are much different than the billionaires of the past, like the Carnegies and the Vanderbilts who would fund schools, libraries and parks.
They're using it to shape the future, to force behaviors to change; the food sector is a big section in the book.
author of The Controligarts.