The Original Captain of Industry

摘要

The America's Cup exerts a gravitational tug on rich, eccentric overachiev-ers. Ted Turner, Larry Ellison, and Bill Koch are just some of the gazil-lionaires to compete for the most prestigious trophy in racing. Long before any of them, there was Sir Thomas Lipton-the Great Lipton, as he called himself.rnA millionaire grocer and tea baron-yes, that Lipton-the Glaswegian was probably the first businessman who set out to become a celebrity. Other tycoons attained renown before him, but to J.P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt, celebrity was an annoying byproduct of their business success. For Lipton, fame was a vital part of corporate strategy.