Tony Schwartz (Author)

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Tony Schwartz (born May 2, 1952 ) is an American journalist . On behalf of the later US President Donald Trump , he wrote the book Trump: The Art of the Deal from 1985 to 1987 as a ghostwriter .

Life

Tony Schwartz is a son of the medical doctor Irving Schwartz and the activist Felice Schwartz . He studied American Studies at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1974. Schwartz was a columnist for the New York Post , an editor at Newsweek , a reporter for The New York Times, and an editor for New York and Esquire magazines .

From 1985 he worked for the entrepreneur Donald Trump and wrote, without his intervention, the book Trump: The Art of the Deal, for which Trump and Schwartz are named as authors. It was published in November 1987. Schwartz spent a year and a half in Trump's immediate vicinity to research the book. The book was number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for thirteen weeks and was listed there for 48 weeks. The publisher Random House paid 500,000 USD for the manuscript, who shared the two authors. The royalties were also shared by Trump and Schwartz. According to Politifact , about a million copies had been sold by 2015, before Trump announced a presidential nomination.

Schwartz later distanced himself from Trump and his political and social views and, from his knowledge, assesses Trump as problematic and unsuitable for the office of president. On October 31, 2016, eight days before the presidential election , Schwartz gave the BBC an interview in which he said that in a way he had created a version of Donald Trump that paints a picture that is far too positive ( “I created a version of Donald Trump that is far more appealing than he actually is. " ). Trump is a " sociopath " who does not care whether the statements he makes are true or false. Schwartz was particularly irritated by the fact that Trump had announced his candidacy in July 2015 with the words "We need a leader that wrote The Art of the Deal " - although he, Schwartz, had written every single word of this book. If Trump is elected president, which he doesn't believe, he will certainly leave the United States with his family.

Schwartz wrote the book What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America in 1995 and in 1998, together with Michael Eisner , the then CEO of The Walt Disney Company , his book Work in Progress. He has published several books on management topics and essays in the Harvard Business Review .

Publications (selection)

  • with Donald Trump: Trump: The Art of the Deal. Random House, New York 1987
  • What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America. Bantam Books, New York 1995, ISBN 9780553093988
    • What really matters. In search of wisdom and meaning in life today. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-426-86097-7
  • with Michael Eisner : Work in progress. Random House, New York 1998, ISBN 978-0-375-50071-8
    • Michael D. Eisner: "Disney is an adventure every day". Stations in a career. Translation by Bernhard Liesen and Erwin Unkrieg. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-453-12933-7 ; Expanded paperback edition: From Mickey Mouse to a global corporation. The Disney boss on his recipe for success. ibid. 2000, ISBN 978-3-453-17263-0
  • with Jim Loehr: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal. Free Press, New York 2003, ISBN 9780743226745
    • The discipline of success. Learn from top athletes - manage energy properly. Econ, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-430-18203-4
  • with Jean Gomes & Catherine McCarthy: The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance. Free Press, New York 2010, ISBN 9781439127667
  • with Jean Gomes & Catherine McCarthy: Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys to Transforming the Way We Work and Live. Free Press, New York 2010, ISBN 9781849834322

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d Ansgar Graw : Troubles of a ghostwriter . In: The world . October 22, 2016, p. 7
  2. ↑ Jane Mayer: Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All. In: The New Yorker . July 25, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Tony Schwartz: "If Trump wins I'll leave US". In: BBC News . October 31, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .


personal data
SURNAME Schwartz, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1952