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Cover of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Ron Chernow · 1998
Mentioned 38 times across 8 podcasts · 2018–2026
Mention timeline38 mentions
20182026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Inside Ryan Holiday’s $250K Reading List
The Daily Stoic · Oct 2026 · 7:40
“churnous titan incredible ”
John Morgan: Life is Luck
THE ED MYLETT SHOW · Aug 2026 · 17:33
“i read a book once on rockefeller and it's called titan and books as big as the damn bible ”
How the Ex-Goldman CEO actually invests his own money
My First Million · Jun 2026 · 46:34
“for me it was titan and i know you did a thing with ron chernobyl actually i read titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#869: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2026 · 108:40
“titan is a huge one so titan is is probably the one that's closest to like business advice it's a bit of a like how to be ruthless basically but that's uh that's besides the point ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s
2025
#405 How Rockefeller Worked
Founders · Nov 2025 · 20:11
“there's a great line in his biography titan that says he was not one to persist ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
How to live an asymmetric life
My First Million · Oct 2025 · 7:07
“a book that changed my life was titan which is the biography of john rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#828: David Senra — How Extreme Winners Think and Win: Lessons from 400+ of History’s Greatest Founders and Investors (Including Buffett, Munger, Rockefeller, Jobs, Ovitz, Zell, and Names You Don’t Know But Should)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2025 · 135:55
“everybody has read titan by rontrenau ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
#383 Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream
Founders · Mar 2025 · 8:32
“there's this great exchange that happens in this biography of rockefeller called titan which is the most famous biography of rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
#380 Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
Founders · Feb 2025 · 20:51
“munger heavily recommends reading titan the biography of rockefeller written by ron trenow ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
2024
#368 Rockefeller's Autobiography
Founders · Oct 2024 · 13:36
“in ron chanel's biography of rockefeller titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#358 I had dinner with John Mackey, Founder of Whole Foods
Founders · Jul 2024 · 25:23
“the second time i read titan which is the biography every on rockefeller everybody knows ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#353 How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty
Founders · Jun 2024 · 31:40
“i have an excellent story from rockefeller's biography titan which i'll which i'll illustrate what he means there ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#352 J. Paul Getty: The Richest Private Citizen in America
Founders · Jun 2024 · 72:14
“and then i found another idea in the hiring like the actual interview process so there's this guy named van ever ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone
The Knowledge Project · Jan 2024 · 69:02
“i read i think it was titan mmhmm um the book and there was a lot of lessons in that book ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
2023
#330 Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
Founders · Dec 2023 · 79:16
“Titan” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
How I Live On $25,000/Month In New York City
My First Million · Sep 2023 · 2:47
“i read the um titan by john rockefeller and he was the richest person in the world ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
David Senra - In Service of Founders - [Invest Like the Best, EP.343]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Sep 2023 · 66:32
“then what i do is i go in the bibliography and in the bibliography i'm like what is this other book published forty years ago ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
Sam Zemurray (The Fish That Ate the Whale)
Founders · Sep 2023 · 28:48
“i re read titan and then read another biography of rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast
Founders · Mar 2023 · 15:02
“if we read titan then we could tell did this actually happen ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)
Acquired · Mar 2023 · 15:37
“there's no way we read titan that we could tell did this actually happen ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2022
The Annual Milly Awards: The Winners, The Losers And Everything In Between - With Andrew Wilkinson
My First Million · Dec 2022 · 59:06
“i read titan a couple of years ago about john d rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
Ryan Holiday Reveals How Much Best Selling Authors Make, Crazy Peter Thiel Stories & More
My First Million · Oct 2022 · 27:10
“anything ron chernobyl does every sentence like to me it's like a life's work ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
#256 Edward L. Bernays (Public Relations, Advertising, & Persuasion)
Founders · Jul 2022 · 38:24
“until i read the bibliography in the back of titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
#255 Sam Zemurray (Banana King)
Founders · Jul 2022 · 28:48
“i re read titan and then read another biography of rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
#254 John D. Rockefeller: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers
Founders · Jun 2022 · 3:15
“is an excerpt from the book i'm gonna talk to you about today which is john d the founding father of the rockefellers and it was written by david freeman hawk ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
#252 Socrates
Founders · Jun 2022 · 16:30
“back on two hundred forty eight with the the biography of rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
#250 Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)
Founders · Jun 2022 · 13:31
“when i just spent forty hours rereading titan and trying to do an entire podcast just about rockefeller's climb ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
#248 John D. Rockefeller (Titan)
Founders · May 2022 · 3:41
“titan the life of john d rockefeller by ron thernell ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s
#247 Henry Flagler (Rockefeller's partner)
Founders · May 2022 · 2:08
“i'm re reading the fantastic biography of john d rockefeller called titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
#243 Francis Greenburger (Real Estate Billionaire)
Founders · Apr 2022 · 7:03
“rockefeller in h in the book titan also talks about ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2021
#211 Aristotle Onassis: An Extravagant Life
Founders · Oct 2021 · 16:07
“it reminds me one of my favorite sentences in the book titan which is the biography like the main the best m most well known biography of john d rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s
Standard Oil Part I
Acquired · Sep 2021 · 5:17
“i think the perfect place to start is with one of turnow's quotes at the very beginning in the introduction to titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#203 Georges Doriot (Birth of Venture Capital)
Founders · Sep 2021 · 6:32
“one of the books that i read and that he read uh that he references is titan the biography of john d rockefeller ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
#198 Nathan Rothschild (Rothschild Family Dynasty)
Founders · Aug 2021 · 54:15
“i remember in that book titan talks about i think that's founders number sixteen or eighteen somewhere ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#184 Isadore Sharp (Four Seasons)
Founders · Jun 2021 · 9:13
“i think it was titan the the biography of john d rockefeller talks about even he was so frugal even when he had you know he was beyond wealthy ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
The New York Times Company
Acquired · Feb 2021 · 180:48
“titan by ron chernobyl ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 2s
2020
#148 John D. Rockefeller (Autobiography)
Founders · Oct 2020 · 3:07
“if you remember all the way back in founders number sixteen i covered uh it's the probably the most important biography ever written about him it's called titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
2018
#35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time
The Knowledge Project · Jun 2018 · 16:04
“i just read for the chapter i'm writing now i'm read ron chernobyl's book on rockefeller and although titans titan ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s