Books Recommended by James Altucher
James Altucher is an entrepreneur, angel investor, hedge fund manager, venture capitalist, bestselling author, blogger, podcaster and chess master.
He has founded 20 companies, 17 of which have failed, and invested in over 30. He’s lost all his savings a few times, his marriages, suffered several breakdowns, and he shares the lessons he learned along the way in the most transparent way.
Altucher is the author of 18 books, including the bestsellers “Choose Yourself”, “Reinvent Yourself” and “How to be the Luckiest Person Alive”.
He launched a podcast in 2014, where he talks to artists, authors, billionaires, investors, astronauts – overall, some of the greatest innovators and peak performers in the world, all who forget their own paths and found financial freedom. Some of the names: Tony Robbins, Arianna Huffington, Mark Cuban, Coolio, Peter Thiel, Ray Dalio, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and others. His episodes have been downloaded over 30 million times.
His blog has attracted 20+ million readers since he started writing in 2010, and his writing has appeared in major media outlets, from Wall Street Journal to The Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch, and others.
Altucher has also designed websites, worked as a financial columnist, hosted an HBO program where he interviewed New York residents late at night.
In 2006, Altucher founded StockPickr, a community-based trading website that offered stock picks. It was sold to TheStreet.com for $10 million.
In 2017, Altucher moved into advising on cryptocurrency investing.