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My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom
New York, NY : William Morrow, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm
"One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business."--Amazon.
Contents:
The champ -- Homicide -- Juvenile justice -- The nation -- Armed and dangerous -- Learning to survive -- The graduate -- The climb -- Nike time -- Branding Jordan -- Jail blazers -- Blazing new trails -- Unburdening -- What took you so long? -- Community calls -- Epilogue: Back to prison.
Subjects:
Miller, Larry (Larry G.)
Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball team) -- Presidents -- Biography.
Nike (Firm) -- Employees -- Biography.
Executives -- United States -- Biography.
African American executives -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
African American businesspeople -- Biography.
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
Miller, Larry (Larry G.)
Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball team) -- Presidents -- Biography.
Nike (Firm) -- Employees -- Biography.
Executives -- United States -- Biography.
African American executives -- Biography.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
African American businesspeople -- Biography.
Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780062999818
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Miller, Larry | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Miller, Larry | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |