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Preface: Singletonville --- Introduction: an intelligent iconoclasm --- 1. A perpetual motion machine for returns: Tom Murphy and Capital Cities Broadcasting --- 2. An unconventional conglomerateur: Henry Singleton and Teledyne --- 3. The turnaround: Bill Anders and General Dynamics --- 4. Value creation in a fast moving stream: John Malone and TCI --- 5. The widow takes the helm : Katherine graham and the Washington Post Company --- 6. A public LBO: Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina --- 7. Optimizing the family firm: Dick Smith and General Cinema --- 8. The investor as CEO: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway --- 9. Radical rationality: the outsiders mind-set --- Epilogue: an example and a checklist..