Seven business innovators and the empires they built.

The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires.

With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates the minds, lives and strategies behind the legendary successes of our times:

George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak camera;

Thomas Watson of IBM;

Henry Ford and his automobile;

Charles Revson and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon;

Robert N. Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel;

Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire;

Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine, Wal-Mart.