Factfulness, by Hans Rosling
“Using data and impactful story-telling, Rosling recalibrates our 'opinions' of the world and inspires by reminding us of the prodigy of progress. It turns out, all is not lost!”
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, by John Pomfret
A History of Scotland, by Neil Oliver
McKinsey Global Publishing Picks
20 books to read this summer (Washington Post)
Bill Gates: Books to read, TV to watch, and things to do this summer (World Economic Forum)
FT Series: Summer Books 2020 (Financial Times)
Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader (Harvard Business School Working Knowledge)
So you want to read the classics (Vox)
Summer Reading (New York Times Book Review)
The 2020 Booker Prize longlist (The Booker Prizes)
The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer (Guardian)
At the crossroads of corporate strategy and finance lies valuation. This book enables everyone, from the budding professional to the seasoned manager, to excel at measuring and maximizing shareholder and company value.
It takes a village to curate amazing lists from this rather busy group of leaders from all over the world. We would like to thank Nikhil Deogun, Mitra S. Kalita, Gabriella Stern, Rebecca Lowell Edwards, Steve Lipin, Sara Blask, Karen Wickre, Ailish Campbell, Anya Schiffrin, Tom Weber, Shernaz Daver, Jose Zamora, and Judi Mackey for their help.
Within McKinsey Global Publishing, Mike Borruso, Heather Byer, Philip Mathew, Louis Vizzi, Dan Redding, and Torea Frey were instrumental in making this year’s list come alive.