Seven business innovators and the empires they built. The preeminent business historian of our time Richard S. Tedlow examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cuttingedge technology and formed enduring corporate empires. With the depth and clarity of a master Tedlow illuminates the minds lives and strategies behind the legendary successes of our times: . George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak camera; . Thomas Watson of IBM; . Henry Ford and his automobile; . Charles Revson and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon; . Robert N. Noyce coinventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel; . Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire; . Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine WalMart.