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Only the Paranoid Survive

by Andrew Grove · 1996

Andrew Grove's account of strategic inflection points, Intel's memory-to-microprocessor pivot, and operating through industry change.

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Andrew Grove · Intel engineer-operator

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Charlie Munger portrait Charlie MungerInvestor, Berkshire Hathaway

Listed on the official Poor Charlie's Almanack recommended-reading page as part of Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

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Evidence details Poor Charlie's Almanack

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Only the Paranoid Survive in its recommended-reading section, explicitly headed as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

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Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition labels the section as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading and lists Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove.

Drew Houston at Web Summit in 2014 Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO, Dropbox

Business Insider reported that Houston loves Only the Paranoid Survive and credited Grove's books with shaping the mindsets needed for demanding CEO work.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Business Insider
Evidence details Dropbox CEO Drew Houston's favorite books on business and management include these 4 must-reads

The article reports Houston's Fortune Leadership Next podcast appearance and names Only the Paranoid Survive among the business books that shaped how he runs Dropbox.

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Business Insider · 2025-06-11 · accessed 2026-06-20

Article · Reported podcast recommendation

Business Insider reports Houston's Fortune Leadership Next appearance, names Only the Paranoid Survive among his favorite/loved leadership books, and quotes his explanation of the CEO mindsets those books taught.

Jensen Huang in 2025 Jensen HuangCo-founder and CEO, Nvidia

Fortune reports that Huang told Acquired he really enjoyed Andrew Grove's business books and that they were all really good; Fortune identifies Only the Paranoid Survive among those Grove books.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Fortune
Evidence details Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says his AI powerhouse is 'always in peril' despite a $1.1 trillion market cap

Huang was asked on Acquired for favorite business books he had taken something from. He praised Andrew Grove's books as really good, and Fortune identifies Only the Paranoid Survive among those Grove books. Fortune is used as the public row source because it verifies the specific title.

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Fortune · 2023-11-11 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Reported podcast title identification

Fortune reports that Huang told Acquired he had read Andrew Grove's business books, called them really good, and identifies Only the Paranoid Survive among those Grove books. The Acquired transcript supplies the favorite-business-books prompt and Grove-books praise.

Marc Andreessen at Pando Monthly in San Francisco, 2013 Marc AndreessenCo-founder, Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz

Included in the official a16z list of 25 books recommended by Marc Andreessen.

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Evidence details 25 books recommended by Marc Andreessen

An attributed recommendation list published by his venture firm. Catalog wording is a citation, not a direct quotation from Andreessen.

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a16z · 2026-07-30 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

The official note explicitly attributes the recommendations to Marc Andreessen. The attached list image was inspected directly; this title appears in that image. Publication date confirmed in page JSON-LD.

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Andrew GroveIntel engineer-operator

Engineer, Intel CEO, and author on semiconductor operations and management.

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