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StandardSummaries onlyAn Unlikely Empire | J.W. Marriott
The Knowledge Project· An Unlikely Empire· Mar 10, 2026
The world's largest hotel company spent its first 30 years without a hotel. It started as a root beer stand in 1927. The first room didn't open until 1957. The man behind it was J. Willard Marriott. In this episode of Ou…
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[Outliers] J.W. Marriott: Building an Empire Without a Master Plan
The Knowledge Project· Mar 10, 2026
Bill Marriott built the largest hotel company in the world. But he didn’t open his first hotel until he was 55 and he fought against it the whole way. In fact, the man that would go on to build the world’s largest hotel …
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StandardSummaries onlyThe Book Club: James Marriott
Best of the Spectator· The Book Club· Sep 2, 2026
In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam Leith is joined by The Times columnist James Marriott, whose new book is The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-literate Society.Are we witnessing the end of th…
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