<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5412180cecad04126eb16894-1024-768/warren-oprah-zuck.jpg" border="0" alt="warren oprah zuck" style="color: #000000;"><p class="source"><span>Justin Sullivan/Alex Wong/Michelly Rall (All Getty)</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>The most powerful people in business spend much of their limited free time on a quiet, contemplative pursuit - reading books. </p>
<p>For example, the third-richest person in the world, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-favorite-business-books-2014-8?op=1">Warren Buffett</a>, says he spends 80% of his day tearing through the written word. </p>
<p>We've pored over interviews with some of America's most influential execs - from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey - to find out what they read.</p>
<p>Here are the favorites. </p>

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Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, And Other Top CEOs Name Their Favorite Books

Justin Sullivan/Alex Wong/Michelly Rall (All Getty)The most powerful people in business spend much of their limited free time on a quiet, contemplative pursuit - reading books. For example, the third-richest person in the world, Warren Buffett, says he spends 80% of his day tearing through the written word. We've pored over interviews with some of America's most influential execs - from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey - to find out what they read. Here are the favorites.

Justin SullivanAlex WongMichelly Rall All GettyThe most powerful people in business spend much of their limited free time on a quiet, contemplative pursuit  reading books.  
For example, the thirdrichest person in the world, Warren Buffett, says he spends 80 of his day tearing through the written word.

Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, And Other Top CEOs Name Their Favorite Books

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