David Gold Bücher

David Gold is a remarkable man with an even more improbable story.Pure Gold is one of the most amazing rags to riches stories ever told because this one begins on the very bottom rung of the ladder and finishes at the very top for this self-made multi-millionaire.The beguiling tale starts with genuinely abject poverty and extreme ill health in the back streets of the East End of London in the austerity of the war years, and concludes with an extensive business empire, private helicopters and jets, and a magnificent mansion in the heart of the Surrey countryside.Most importantly to Gold, he also won a significant personal battle over his despised father.The entrepreneurial businessman is now the charismatic chairman of West Ham United Football Club. He owns Gold Group International, one of the most profitable private businesses in the United Kingdom. It is the parent company of retailer Ann Summers, lingerie chain Knickerbox, Gold Aviation. In May 2005 he bought the oldest surviving FA Cup trophy for almost half a million pounds at auction to prevent it going to Germany.

Richard Rose's journey unfolds as he transforms from a rugged West Virginian farmer and painter into an unlikely Zen master after a profound spiritual awakening at age 30. This experience led him to explore the concepts of "Everything-ness and Nothing-ness," which he termed "the Absolute." Driven by a deep desire to assist others in their pursuit of Truth, Rose's life becomes a testament to the quest for enlightenment, showcasing the intersection of everyday life and profound spiritual exploration.

This is the ultimate guide to winning in business. Drawing on the experiences of some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and corporate executives, it sheds light on the cut and thrust of commercial relationships and provides a candid insight into what it takes to thrive as an entrepreneur. Themes include the role of failure, luck and risk, people, power, money, greed and ambition. Together, it reveals the essential underlying truths which define business in the twenty-first century. The book contains thoughts, anecdotes and advice from 36 business people drawn from a variety of backgrounds and career paths. Multi-millionaire heads of billion-pound businesses rub shoulders with chief executives of some of the world's biggest blue-chip companies. Also featured are celebrity investors, business TV show contestants, and even those who have fallen foul of the business rules and survived to tell the tale. It is a must read for anyone wanting to grow a business, become wealthy and powerful, or make a meteoric push up the career ladder.