Articles written by Steven Pearlstein

Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post|Jan 19, 2017

Watching Donald Trump conduct his news conference Wednesday, it suddenly struck me that, underneath all those now-familiar idiosyncrasies, the president-elect is just like many successful entrepreneurs and owners of family businesses in his management style. For them, business is personal. They are the sun around which all the stars and planets revolve, the source of all the energy and inspiration, the guiding light and the gravitational force that holds it all together. They shape the product and the business strategy, cut the deals with...