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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Biography
Definitive biography of Walt Disney, granted full access to the Disney archives. Traces how a small-town animator built a synergistic empire by pairing relentless craft with theatrical storytelling. Chesky has called it life-altering: it reframed his ambition from running a startup to building an enduring institution.
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Brian Chesky
Fortune's long-form profile of Chesky documents how he studied biographies of business heroes such as Walt Disney and Steve Jobs as his way of fast-forwarding to the right sources on company-building.