Private Empire
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Private Empire
| Full title | Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power |
|---|---|
| Author | Steve Coll |
| Published | 2012 |
| Pages | 704 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Steve Coll’s reported history of ExxonMobil from the Valdez spill forward — the oil major as a sovereign entity, with its own foreign policy and a discipline of capital allocation and safety metrics that outlasts any particular chief executive. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — an answer when he asked “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in his thread, June 2025. The full set of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Energy — the industry the book explains.
- Company Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.