- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Passion to Win
About this book
In one of the most fascinating business autobiographies of this year, Sumner Redstone tells the unvarnished story of how he overcame every obstacle to build a vast media and entertainment engine that includes Paramount, MTV, CBS, Nickleodeon and Blockbuster. A larger-than-life figure in the grand tradition of the Hearsts, Paleys and Pulitzers, and voted by 600 corporate executives as the #1 most inspiring CEO, this is the man who can truly say, "I AM VIACOM." A PASSION TO WIN is a riveting look behind the scenes at the highly charged negotiations that won Redstone both Viacom and Paramount. The book reveals the intense business calculations and strong emotions of Redstone's head-to-head confrontations with such adversaries as Barry Diller and H. Wayne Huizenga. And when Blockbuster went into the tank, risking Redstone's fortune and life's work with it, A PASSION TO WIN takes the reader on a financial roller-coaster ride on which Redstone revolutionised the video industry and righted his company. In a world of high-visibility corporate battles, Redstone pulls no punches. This is a book that shows the reader what it takes to win. Never before has Sumner Redstone revealed himself so candidly, and now with the assistance of writer Peter Knobler, he has produced an inspirational life story that will command major attention.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Prologue: The Fire This Time
- 1 Blockbuster Tanks
- 2 Breaking the Codes
- 3 National Amusements
- 4 Stick to What You Know
- 5 Viacom the Opening
- 6 Viacom the Battle
- 7 Viacom Running the Show
- 8 I Want My MTV
- 9 The Paramount Deal
- 10 The Deal from Hell
- 11 To Hell and Back
- 12 The Shakeout
- 13 We Are All Viacom
- 14 The Turnaround
- 15 Eye on the Future
- Index
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