Preface: Singletonville -- Introduction: an intelligent iconoclasm -- A perpetual motion machine for returns : Tom Murphy and Capital Cities Broadcasting -- An unconventional conglomerateur : Henry Singleton and Teledyne -- The turnaround : Bill Anders and General Dynamics -- Value creation in a fast moving stream : John Malone and TCI -- The widow takes the helm : Katherine Graham and the Washington Post Company -- A public LBO : Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina -- Optimizing the family firm : Dick Smith and General Cinema -- The investor as CEO : Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway -- Radical rationality : the outsider's mind-set -- Epilogue: an example and a checklist.
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