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Barefoot to billionaire : reflections on a life's work and a promise to cure cancer

Title: Barefoot to billionaire : reflections on a life's work and a promise to cure cancer / Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.
Author: Huntsman, Jon M.
Publication: New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2014.

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Description

448 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 people and generating over $10 billion in revenue each year. Success in business, though, has always been a means to an end--never an end in itself. In Barefoot to Billionaire, Huntsman revisits the key moments in his life that shaped his view of faith, family, service, and the responsibility that comes with wealth. He writes candidly about his brief tenure in the Nixon administration, which preceded the Watergate scandal but still left a deep impression on him about the abuse of power and the significance of personal respect and integrity. He also opens up about his faith and prominent membership in the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But most importantly, Huntsman reveals the rationale behind his commitment to give away his entire fortune before his death. In 1995, Huntsman and his wife Karen founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute and have since dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cure. They don't plan to stop giving until the battle is won. In this increasingly materialistic world, Barefoot to Billionaire is a refreshing reminder of the enduring power of traditional values"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biography.

Note

Includes index.

Contents

INTRODUCTION: Chasing the American Dream -- PART I: ESTABLISHING THE FORTUNE -- In the Beginning -- Leaving Home -- Taking Flight -- Good Morning, Mr. President -- Deep Throat -- Contention, Creations and Clam Shells -- Riverboat Gambler -- Expanding Horizons -- Tangling with the Soviets -- The Sun Never Sets -- Environmental Issues -- PART II: GIVING IT AWAY -- Kidnapped -- To Armenia With Love -- Facing Mortality -- Making Good on The Promise -- Giving Back -- Heading for the Lifeboats -- The Double-Cross -- Legacy Projects -- It's All in the Family -- The Wild Card -- Riding Into the Sunrise.

Call Number

JFE 15-4297

ISBN

9781468309324 (hardback)
1468309323 (hardback)
071564985X
9780715649855
9780715649855 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014036662

OCLC

890808107

Author

Huntsman, Jon M., author.

Title

Barefoot to billionaire : reflections on a life's work and a promise to cure cancer / Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.

Publisher

New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFE 15-4297

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