getAbstract is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

- and US

United States

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-based corporation that is best known for creating abstracts (summaries) of business books (business book summaries). getAbstract delivers Abstracts of books -- currently more than 7000 titles. Many companies offer their employees full access to getAbstract's library. Many media companies such as The Economist

The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...

, Financial Times

Financial Times

The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

, Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...

, Mint (newspaper)

Mint (newspaper)

Mint is a business newspaper from HT Media Ltd, launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007. It is a premium business news publication aimed at decision makers and policy makers of the country and it is the first newspaper in India to be published in the Berliner...

 (the Indian edition of The Wall Street Journal), Shanghai Daily

Shanghai Daily

Shanghai Daily is an English-language newspaper in China started in October 1999 and owned by Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group. Its primary audience is visiting foreigners, mainly overseas investors and tourists to Shanghai, though many Chinese students read it to improve their English...

, Die Weltwoche

Die Weltwoche

Die Weltwoche is a Swiss weekly magazine based in Zürich. It is privately owned by Roger Köppel. The magazine's regular columnists of note include the former president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Peter Bodenmann, as well as Christoph Mörgeli MP, a leading figure of the right...

, The Press-Enterprise (California), Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung is a major German language Swiss daily newspaper based in Zurich.One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by Salomon Gessner, from January 12, 1780, and was renamed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821...

  and others regularly publish getAbstract's book reviews. The company hosts a regular book talk on Swiss National Television. getAbstract offers thousands of summaries of the best books ever published.

Since 2008, getAbstract honors the most profound idea books of the year. The award ceremony always takes place at the first Wednesday of the Frankfurt Book Fair

Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....

. Winners of the prestigious getAbstract International Book Award

GetAbstract International Book Award

The ‘‘'getAbstract International Book Award’‘' is focused on non-fiction books that have made a significant impact worldwide. Each year, getAbstract's editors assess more than 10,000 English and German non-fiction books...

 include Benoit Mandelbrot

Benoît Mandelbrot

Benoît B. Mandelbrot was a French American mathematician. Born in Poland, he moved to France with his family when he was a child...

, Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, CM is a Canadian journalist, bestselling author, and speaker. He is currently based in New York City and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996...

, Robert Shiller

Robert Shiller

Robert James "Bob" Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a Fellow at the Yale International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management...

, Paul Glen, Chris Anderson (writer), Nassim Taleb

Nassim Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese American essayist whose work focuses on problems of randomness and probability. His 2007 book The Black Swan was described in a review by Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War II....

, Bill Bonner

Bill Bonner

Bill Bonner may refer to:*Bill Bonner , author of books and articles on economic and financial subjects*Bill Bonner , Canadian politician for the Alberta Liberal Party*William Bonner McCarty*William Bonner...

 & Lila Rajiva.

Overview

getAbstract was founded in 1999 by Rolf Dobelli

Rolf Dobelli

Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss novelist, entrepreneur and chairman of getAbstract.He was born in 1966 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1986, he enrolled at the University of St. Gallen, where he studied business, earning his in 1991 and PhD in 1995. He was hired by Swissair in 1992 and held several...

, PhD, and Thomas Bergen. Later the same year, Patrick Brigger, PhD, joined as third co-founder. He currently serves as the company’s CTO. getAbstract employs a vast network of seasoned business journalists for the creation of its content.

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