Inside Vanguard : leadership secrets from the company that continues to rewrite the rules of the investing business

**This rare intimate look at the world's fastest growing investment manager provides invaluable lessons for investors and business leaders.** One of the world's largest and most trusted investing institutions, Vanguard serves over 30 million clients, manages more than eight trillion dollars, and is an influential industry disruptor. Now, Charles D. Ellis―referred to by __Money__ magazine as "Wall Street's wisest man"―reveals the story behind Vanguard's rise to the top of the investing world. Provided unprecedented access to Vanguard's leaders, Ellis explains why Jack Bogle started Vanguard and how he and his successors developed it into an investment industry disrupter that became the global leader Ellis includes in-depth interviews with the executives and key leaders of Vanguard, clear takeaways and lessons from their experiences, a primer on ETFs, and Jack Brennan's Leadership Principles. From the emergence of index funds to the success of exchange-traded funds, __Inside Vanguard__ is a near-Shakespearian drama of individual human struggle and triumph. "Inside Vanguard" offers the most intimate look to date at the creation and meteoric rise of Vanguard. Few people have a deeper understanding of Vanguard than Charles D. Ellis, who worked as a strategy consultant and served as the company's director for a decade. In these pages, he explains how Vanguard started with nearly nothing, developed into an innovative upstart, accelerated into a serious disrupter, and blossomed as the investment industry leader, growing more rapidly than any competitor. Throughout, Ellis highlights the most important lessons learned by Vanguard's founder, Jack Bogle, and his successors -- lessons you can apply to your own organizations, career, and investments. Readers will learn how the creators of Vanguard harnessed the power of creativity, tenacity, and purpose to launch a new kind of institution attractive to investors large and small. ... A gripping and informative read for finance and investing industry professionals, individual investors, and, of course, Bogleheads, "Inside Vanguard" makes the vision, strategies, and practical tools that build Vanguard accessible to your own career and investment objectives. -- from book jacket "This rare intimate look at Jack Bogle and his world-changing investment organization provides invaluable lessons for investors, for business leaders, and for historians of finance"-- Provided by publisher