Jack Dorsey

Billionaire, Entrepreneur, Executive

Jack Dorsey is an American entrepreneur and programmer who co-founded Twitter in 2006 and served as its CEO from 2006 to 2008 and again from 2015 to 2021. In 2009 he co-founded the payments company Square, renamed Block in 2021.

Jack Dorsey's 49 Book Recommendations

• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
• The Score Takes Care of Itself
• The Old Man And The Sea
• Tao Te Ching
• The Four Agreements
• Between the World and Me
• Principles
• The Checklist Manifesto
• Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: “A really stunning book about Robert Irwin. Couldn't put it down.”
• The Paleo Solution: “I recommend @RobbWolf's book The Paleo Solution to start a paleo diet. Answers the why, and is a fun read too.”
• The Plant Paradox: “Finished reading. Insightful and comprehensive. Thanks @DrGundry”
• Spiritual Enlightenment:: The Damnedest Thing: “Read this next”
• Civilized to Death: “Incredible book by @ThatChrisRyan. And timely.”
• Whole Earth Discipline: “Incredible book by @stewartbrand. Best I’ve read this year.”
• Meditations: “Finished reading”
• The Master and Margarita: “The ball in one of my favorite books, The Master and Margarita, is based around a ball there!”
• Competing Against Luck: “A great read from a wise man, @claychristensen.”
• Revolution from Within: “Read "Revolution from Within" if you haven't.”
• American Nations: “Finished reading. Incredible perspective on North and Central America.”
• Drawdown: “Finished reading. Thank you, @PaulHawken and @ProjectDrawdown team. Incredible and focusing work.”
• The Art of Happiness: “Finished reading”
• The Miniature Guide to the Art of Asking Essential Questions: “Reading”
• Deskbound: ““Deskbound” by Kelly Starrett”
• By Any Media Necessary: “Reading (recommended):”
• Becoming Steve Jobs: “Square would not exist without the work and persistence of Steve Jobs. I am forever grateful. Amazing read and study:”
• Several Short Sentences about Writing: “Wonderful reading on writing: “Several Short Sentences About Writing” by Verlyn Klinkenborg”
• There Goes Gravity: “THERE GOES GRAVITY an amazing work from Lisa Robinson!”
• Things a Little Bird Told Me: “I learn so much from my friend @biz, and now you can too. Preorder his book today!”
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: “Rereading Huck Finn. What are you reading now?”
• Autobiography of a Yogi: “Ready to embark on a 14 hour flight. I have lots of work & a book to keep me. "Autobiography of a Yogi" to start. See you on the other side.”
• Infidel: “Got some good advice today: spend 10% of your time reading from topics entirely new to you. I'm reading "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.”
• Mastering the VC Game: “Book from @bussgang on VCs: Used the same principles to choose @GideonYu for @Square. And we're thrilled.”
• The Story of B: “this book (and The Story Of B) is incredible”
• The Enchantress of Florence: “I love the opening line of all Rushdie's novels. Reading The Enchantress of Florence.”
• The Brothers Karamazov: “Reading The Brothers Karamazov as my laundry spins”
• Gitanjali: “Reading Gitanjali”
• Life of Pi: “Someone is reading "Life of Pi" in the burrito shop. Would like to read that again...”
• Midnight's Children: “Picking up Midnight's Children again. Such a beautiful book. Looking fwd to reading it in bed.”
• A Fine Balance: “Packing my holiday reading: A Fine Balance and Ovid”
• The Satanic Verses: “Making the good pasta, reading through some amazing parts of the satanic verses; the (golden) threads begin to intertwine...”
• The Sorrows of Young Werther: “making slow-cooked salmon filet over butter lettuce and asparagus. reading Werther.”
• Eugene Onegin: “reading Eugene Onegin. Writing a bit”
• Bad Dirt: “reading Proulx (Bad Dirt) and writing in the journal. White couch. Water. Candle light.”
• The Elements of Style Illustrated: “reading The Elements of Style Illustrated in bed”
• Neuromancer: “one of my favorite books growing up”
• The Coming Wave: “excellent book”
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: “We have a library at Square and it contains two of my favorite books: The Yoga Sutras and The Four Agreement”
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories: “Reading "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."”
• The Princesse de Clèves: “Eating in the park with a book: The Princesse de Cleves”