From Broke to Billionaire
5 Books the World's Youngest Self-Made Titans Swear By
The youngest self-made billionaires on Earth didn't learn from business school — they learned from books. This list features the exact titles cited by founders who built billion-dollar companies before turning 35. From Collison's obsession with computing history to Buterin's quest for intellectual clarity, these are the books that fuel the next generation of wealth creation.
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The Dream Machine
M. Mitchell Waldrop · 2018
Recommended by Patrick Collison
The most comprehensive history of how the personal computer revolution came to be, centered on J.C.R. Licklider.
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The Scout Mindset
Julia Galef · 2021
Recommended by Vitalik Buterin
Why some people see the world clearly while others are trapped by motivated reasoning — and how to change.
- 3
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins · 2018
Recommended by Gautam Adani
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson · 1992
Recommended by Sergey Brin
A cyberpunk novel that coined the term "Metaverse" and predicted virtual reality culture.
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho · 1988
Recommended by Daniel Ek
A philosophical novel about a young shepherd's journey to find a worldly treasure and instead discovering his personal legend.