Clifton IsingsClifton Isings grew up in the colorful and multicultural city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Early in his life, Clifton moved around several times exploring his interests resulting in him attending 4 different universities in Canada and the UnitedStates.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto, and a Masters of Business Administration degree from McGill University.

Growing up, he unknowingly looked at most things as having some kind of hidden ultimate working model of existence. He only later formalized his thinkings in the business world into frameworks in this book.

After different employments and entrepreneurial forays in his twenties, he went to work for a large Canadian pension fund as a long-term investor for the retirement dollars of the workers.

He started as a summer student at the pension fund of Canadian National Railway and ended almost 30 years later as head of the entire fund. The fund enjoyed tremendous growth over his tenure and moved from having a deficit when he joined as a summer student to having a large surplus by the time he retired as CEO of the fund.

Clifton also served as the chair of the board of directors for an oil and gas company and as an investment committee member for both the Canadian Olympic Committee and the McGill University pension fund.

Over the years, he conducted over 1500 one-on-one interviews with top management and CEOs in businesses all over the world. His experience taught him that there are a limited number of successful business models in the world. Finally, he identified only 14 distinct successful business models operating around the globe and he assembled the top 10 for this book. Read More Read Less