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From Howard Hughes to Mark Zuckerberg, the public has always been fascinated by genius entrepreneurs who succumb to their eccentricities. Now, James Scurlock engages, educates, and entertains readers with the captivating story of DHL co-founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom.
King Larry begins with an early biography of Larry Lee Hillblom, a mercurial young man who grew up on a peach farm outside of Fresno, California. Hillblom co-founded DHL in 1969 (three years before FedEx), and it became the fastest-growing corporation in history. Hillblom’s expatriate life began in 1981, when he retreated to a small tax haven in the Western Pacific. There he led the resistance to American meddling in the Marianas Islands. Hillblom’s voracious appetite for underage prostitutes is another facet of his unusual story. In 1995, Hillblom’s amoral, thrill-seeking nature caught up to him when his seaplane disappeared off the coast of Anatahan, leaving behind an estate worth billions. Weeks later, five impoverished women and their attorneys came forward to challenge Hillblom’s will in a legal battle for his fortunes that continues to this day.
Meticulously researched and thoroughly engaging, King Larry will satisfy fans of such bestsellers as Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Accidental Billionaires .
著者について
James D. Scurlock studied at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to pursue an entrepreneurial venture and later a documentary film career. His first film, Parents of the Year, won numerous awards and was an official selection of more than twenty-five film festivals. His first feature-length documentary, Maxed Out, explored our culture of debt and won the Special Jury Prize at South by Southwest. His first book, a companion to the award-winning documentary, was nominated for the National MS Society's "Books for a Better Life" Award. He has written, primarily about the impending (and now realized) financial crisis, for Slate, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and AARP Magazine, among others. He has also appeared on numerous programs, including Nightline, The Today Show, and CNBC’s Power Lunch. Scurlock lives in Santa Monica, California.
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7 人中、7人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Great read, but left me with some doubts
2012/3/12
形式:ハードカバー
This book was a fun read. Having lived on Pohnpei in the mid- to late 1980's, and Guam since then, I have been acquainted with many of the people mentioned in the book even if I never met "King Larry" and was never directly involved in any of his legal battles. Most, although not all, of the descriptions of people and places I know rang true. Still, small but glaring errors made me wonder what else in the book might be wrong. In discussing the battle for control of Air Micronesia, the author repeatedly gets the name of the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia wrong. Would you completely trust a biography of some prominent figure in North America in the latter half of the 18th century if there were repeated references to U.S. "President Washburn"? With Google, the author and his editors should have been able to find President Tosiwo Nakayama's correct name as easily as a Micronesian could confirm the name George Washington.
6 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A Fascinating Founder
2012/3/7
形式:Kindle版|Amazonが確認した購入
King Larry is a little gem of a book. It describes the rise and fall of Larry Hillblom, the founder of DHL. Hillblom's success as a businessman stands in stark contrast to his failings as a person. He created a great company, but cheated on his taxes and chased, and caught, young virgins across Oceania.
Scurlock does a great job describing the details of just how Hillblom pushed the limits in creating his main business and his later investments; and how he continued to push the line in his personal life.
Scurlock creates a uniform picture of Hillblom the man. At the same time, however, Scurlock, acknowledges the mystery of Hillblom's life and death and intentionally makes us wonder if the picture that he paints is complete. It is hard to believe a man as smart as Hillblom, who actually wrote a legal opinion on the rights of unacknowledged heirs, never anticipated that his many children would surface after his death. Maybe the Hillblom will litigation was a gift to his kids, or maybe he just never got around to dealing with issue. We will never know.
The book is a quick read and would be good companion on a plane. It is an interesting detour from the usual airport escapism and actually makes the reader think about the how the same qualities that led to success in business, may have led to personal disaster.
Scurlock does a great job describing the details of just how Hillblom pushed the limits in creating his main business and his later investments; and how he continued to push the line in his personal life.
Scurlock creates a uniform picture of Hillblom the man. At the same time, however, Scurlock, acknowledges the mystery of Hillblom's life and death and intentionally makes us wonder if the picture that he paints is complete. It is hard to believe a man as smart as Hillblom, who actually wrote a legal opinion on the rights of unacknowledged heirs, never anticipated that his many children would surface after his death. Maybe the Hillblom will litigation was a gift to his kids, or maybe he just never got around to dealing with issue. We will never know.
The book is a quick read and would be good companion on a plane. It is an interesting detour from the usual airport escapism and actually makes the reader think about the how the same qualities that led to success in business, may have led to personal disaster.
6 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
I wish Amazon had 4 1/2 stars!
2012/2/2
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
Seems like the other reviewers have kind of beat me to the punch, so I'll try to be pithy.
That the life of Larry Hillblom is only now being chronicled will amaze anyone who reads this book. Hillblom was both a revolting creep, and a brilliant businessman. His ability to outwit and outmaneuver virtually every adversary almost reads like the stuff of cheesy fiction until you realize it's all based on really well researched facts. Hillblom was also a pedophile who wasted much of his wealth fueling the (often underage) sex industry in SE Asia, an unfortunate and glaring footnote in this business biography. Larry's pedophilia aside, the book is indeed gripping, and almost reads like a movie just aching to be made.
Yes, the legal details were a bit much at times, but the minutiae nearly always seemed to have a purpose. And yes, the pedophilia and sex did seem to be more of a footnote than you'd expect from an enlightened, western author. But if Scurlock's purpose was to make a book that told a more complete story about Hillblom without becoming a rant on his many imperfections (which include abhorent, immoral behavior), then Scurlock succeeded. Hillblom was clearly a flawed, perverse, even depraved sex addict who also happened to be a visionary who transformed an entire industry almost single-handedly. Not many biographies (including that of Jobs) can make such a claim on their subject.
King Larry isn't perfect, but for a non-fiction biography, it's damn close. Couldn't recommend it more highly!
That the life of Larry Hillblom is only now being chronicled will amaze anyone who reads this book. Hillblom was both a revolting creep, and a brilliant businessman. His ability to outwit and outmaneuver virtually every adversary almost reads like the stuff of cheesy fiction until you realize it's all based on really well researched facts. Hillblom was also a pedophile who wasted much of his wealth fueling the (often underage) sex industry in SE Asia, an unfortunate and glaring footnote in this business biography. Larry's pedophilia aside, the book is indeed gripping, and almost reads like a movie just aching to be made.
Yes, the legal details were a bit much at times, but the minutiae nearly always seemed to have a purpose. And yes, the pedophilia and sex did seem to be more of a footnote than you'd expect from an enlightened, western author. But if Scurlock's purpose was to make a book that told a more complete story about Hillblom without becoming a rant on his many imperfections (which include abhorent, immoral behavior), then Scurlock succeeded. Hillblom was clearly a flawed, perverse, even depraved sex addict who also happened to be a visionary who transformed an entire industry almost single-handedly. Not many biographies (including that of Jobs) can make such a claim on their subject.
King Larry isn't perfect, but for a non-fiction biography, it's damn close. Couldn't recommend it more highly!
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