The Business Book of the Year Award 2024 shortlist has been announced by the Financial Times and Schroders. The award is now in its 20th year and each year it recognises a book which provides the “most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues”.

The pursuit of better growth, the purpose of technology, the economy of tribal instincts and improving longevity are among the topics tackled by the six finalists.

The 2024 Shortlist:

The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong by John Kay

Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together by Michael Morris

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World by Parmy Olson

The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives by Andrew J Scott

Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj M Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff

Growth: A Reckoning by Daniel Susskind

FT Editor Roula Khalaf said: “Our six finalists, picked from a very strong longlist, focus on some of the most interesting and controversial issues on leaders’ minds, including the quest to achieve better economic growth, the purpose of technology, the evolution of the corporation, and the impact of tribal instincts and improving longevity. It will be a hard task to select a winner from this range of exceptionally interesting and relevant titles.” 

The judging panel, chaired by Roula Khalaf, comprises:

Mimi Alemayehou, Founder and Managing Partner, Semai Ventures LLC

Daisuke Arakawa, Managing Director, Nikkei Inc.

Mitchell Baker, Executive Chair of the Board, member of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Mozilla Corporation

Sherry Coutu, entrepreneur, angel investor

Mohamed El-Erian, President, Queens’ College, Cambridge, and adviser, Allianz and Gramercy

Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive, Schroders

James Kondo, Chairman, International House of Japan

Randall Kroszner, Norman R Bobins professor of economics, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business

Shriti Vadera, Chair, Prudential Plc and Royal Shakespeare Company

The winner of the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award will be announced on Monday 9th December at an event in London hosted by FT Editor Roula Khalaf, Schroders Group Chief Executive Peter Harrison, and Nikkei Inc. Managing Director for global business Daisuke Arakawa. The winner will receive £30,000 and the author(s) of each of the remaining shortlisted books will be awarded £10,000.

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