At the climax of his passion, he was adding to the collection at the rate of a painting a week, ending up with 1, 500 works.

ECONOMIST: The Thyssens

Released last week, Man 2.0: Engineering the Alpha is the passion project of John Romaniello and Adam Bornstein and the first of two books in a seven-figure publishing deal.

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