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Hall of Masters
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Peter Thiel
Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, investor
372 records
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Charlie Munger
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
283 records
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Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist, Nobel laureate in economics (1934-2024)
122 records
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author of The Black Swan, risk thinker
203 records
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Sun Tzu
Ancient Chinese strategist, author of The Art of War
435 records
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine thinker, author of The Prince (1469-1527)
910 records
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Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, author of The Book of Five Rings
81 records
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Robert Greene
Author of The 48 Laws of Power
749 records
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Thomas Sowell
Economist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
68 records
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Michael Porter
Harvard professor, authority on competitive strategy
27 records
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Clayton Christensen
Author of The Innovator's Dilemma (1952-2020)
28 records
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Shane Parrish
Founder of Farnam Street, podcast host
985 records
AskCarl von Clausewitz
Prussian general, author of On War (1780-1831)
597 records
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Annie Duke
Former poker champion, decision strategist
70 records
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Donella Meadows
Systems thinker, lead author of The Limits to Growth
28 records
AskBen Thompson
Founder of Stratechery, technology analyst
161 records
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Baltasar Gracián
17th-century Spanish Jesuit writer and philosopher
33 records
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Jeff Bezos
Founder and executive chairman of Amazon
513 records
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Lee Kun-hee
Former chairman of Samsung (1942-2020)
15 records
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French emperor and military commander (1769-1821)
881 records
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Genghis Khan
Founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire
64 records
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Ray Dalio
Founder of Bridgewater Associates, author of Principles
136 records
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Peter Drucker
Management thinker and author (1909-2005)
102 records
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Lee Kuan Yew
First prime minister of Singapore (1923-2015)
151 records
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Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator, essayist
1,564 records
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Marc Andreessen
Co-founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz
941 records
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Morris Chang
Founder of TSMC
127 records
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Lao Tzu
Founder of Taoism, credited with the Tao Te Ching
179 records
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Reid Hoffman
Co-founder of LinkedIn, venture investor
3,609 records
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Howard Marks
Co-founder of Oaktree Capital, investor
80 records
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Adam Smith
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations (1723-1790)
743 records
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Yi Sun-sin
Korean admiral who led the navy in the Imjin War
49 records
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Andy Grove
Former CEO and chairman of Intel (1936-2016)
30 records
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Indra Nooyi
Former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo
30 records
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Jim Collins
Author of Good to Great
21 records
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Scott Galloway
NYU Stern marketing professor, author
340 records
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Balaji Srinivasan
Former CTO of Coinbase, author of The Network State
961 records
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Bill Gurley
Venture investor at Benchmark, early backer of Uber
916 records
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Rory Sutherland
Ogilvy advertising veteran, behavioral science writer
14 records
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Chris Dixon
Founder of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz
1,416 records
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