All Selling Aside With Alex Mandossian

Henry J. Kaiser isn’t talked about in modern business books, the way Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, and J.K. Rowling are. In fact, many (even most) people have never heard of him. This remarkable man, however, deserves acknowledgement and recognition for the incredible things that he accomplished during his lifetime. He was a larger-than-life man with big ideas who created industries that have yet to be matched in any American business endeavor. Henry’s building career began in 1914 with a road construction project in British Columbia. By 1930, he had completed several highway projects in California and Cuba. As his career progressed, he had many incredible accomplishments: He led the contracting consortium commission to build the Hoover Dam, which was completed two years early under his powerful leadership. Kaiser also led the construction of the Bonneville Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam. During World War II, Kaiser’s Pacific Coast shipyards built the famous Liberty Ships, which Winston Chur