Christopher M. Byron (1944–2016)
Author of Martha Inc.
About the Author
Christopher Byron has been writing about business and finance for over thirty years. He writes a weekly business column for the New York Post, and is the host of a syndicated daily radio show, Wall Street Wakeup with Chris Byron. He is an analyst on Good Morning America, and appears frequently on show more CNBC, FOX News Network, MSNBC, and CBS Evening News, among other venues. His articles have appeared in Esquire, Playboy, New York, Worth, Men's Health, and Travel Holiday magazines. Byron graduated from Yale College and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and lives in Connecticut with his family show less
Disambiguation Notice:
The Christopher Byron who is the LibraryThing author wrote "Push".
Works by Christopher M. Byron
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- Birthdate
- 1944-12-27
- Date of death
- 2016-01-07
- Gender
- male
- Disambiguation notice
- The Christopher Byron who is the LibraryThing author wrote "Push".
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Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart… by Christopher M. Byron
I believe Martha wasn't too pleased her "friend" would publish this and give inside information about her life. I found the book to be most interesting and didn't find it to put her in a bad light at all, but quite the opposite. She is an intelligent woman. I don't approve that she put her career before her daughter.
A long time ago I purchased a used copy of Martha Inc. for $3.00 and finally got around to reading it. I read one celebrity biography a year and this was the one I picked for this year. I ended up admiring Martha Stewart for her drive and her business acumen, even though this was clearly not a biography that was friendly to her. There is no doubt that she played the celebrity game right and parleyed that into a wonderfully large pile of money for herself and her heirs. Beat the boys on Wall Street at their own game. You go girl!… (more)
How one incredibly smart woman turned domestic duties into a multi-million dollar business and media empire. The book is a very interesting read on the rise of this company and how Martha's business practices developed changes in media and sponsorship retail programmes.
I would not have read this except for the fact that we read it in book club. That said, I found it absorbing. It is so hard to tell how much of this information is filtered by the author's perspective, which is not particularly flattering, but it is an interesting story nonetheless. It is most helpful when describing how Stewart built up her business and how she went about it.
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