Dillerland: The Story of Media Mogul Barry Diller is the remarkable story of a man who has risen to the top of the entertainment industry over the course of the past forty years. After starting out in the mail room at the William Morris Agency, Barry Diller’s talent for business immediately shone through, and he began his rise through the entertainment industry, brushing past a laundry list of celebrities and media tycoons along the way. But Diller’s success managed to outlast and outshine the best of them.
What makes Barry Diller so impressive is not just all that he has accomplished, but the fact the he did it his way. Never one to succumb to social pressures, Diller has been as liberal and open-minded in his socializing (to the point of being dubbed a member of the Velvet Mafia) as he has been conservative in his financial dealings.
With his recent acquisition of Ask Jeeves, Diller is poised to cement his place as an Internet mogul—just one more accomplishment for a highly driven man.
Jerome Tuccille is the author of more than twenty books covering a wide range of topics; his biographies include Alan Shrugged: Alan Greenspan, the World’s Most Powerful Banker; Rupert Murdoch; and Trump. Tuccille is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Investment Services, and he has taught at the New School of Social Research in New York City.
