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Author:

Miller, Larry (Larry G.), author.

Title:

Jump : my secret journey from the streets to the boardroom / Larry Miller, Chairman of the Jordan Brand & Laila Lacy

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Miller, Larry--(Larry G.)
Executives--United States--Biography.
African American executives--Biography.
Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
African American businesspeople--Biography.
Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball team)--Presidents--Biography.
Nike (Firm)--Employees--Biography.
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation--United States--Case studies.
Autobiographies.

Other Authors:

Lacy, Laila, author.

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0062999818
9780062999818

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1198374724

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)