The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
William N. Thorndike Jr. · ★★★★☆ · 274 pages · 2012
ceo as investor
The Outsiders looks at CEOs who behaved more like investors than as operators. They focused their business to be financially optimal and delegated the running of the business to others. This approach is interesting in that the business is always run tightly with investments being made only when there is a clear ROI that meets a hurdle rate.
Further, the businesses also grow and shrink as the CEOs buy and sell pieces of the companies for optimal rates. Definitely a good book to understand the CEO as Capital allocator mindset.