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The Business Book of the Year Award, inaugurated in 2005 and continuously evolving in prestige and scope, recognises the most insightful and influential works in the genre. This globally esteemed award, conceived by the Financial Times and supported by various prestigious partners celebrating excellence in business writing.

Each year, the award honours the author or authors of a book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insights into critical business issues such as management, technology, climate, finance, and economics. The winner receives a top prize of £30,000, with each of the other finalists receiving £10,000, highlighting the significant contributions of these authors to contemporary business discourse.

The selection process is rigorous and chaired by FT editor Roula Khalaf. Publishers are encouraged to submit authors' work in digital format. A longlist is announced in August. The judging panel , prioritising works whose insights will stand the test of time, selects up to six finalists, and the shortlist is revealed live in September.

Previous Winners: The award has recognised a variety of groundbreaking books over the years. Recent recipients include Parmy Olson in 2024 for Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World, Amy Edmondson in 2023 for Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive, and Chris Miller in 2022 for Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology. Other winners include Nicole Perlroth, whose 2021 book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends delves into the cyberweapons arms race, and Sarah Frier's 2020 work No Filter, which chronicles the rise of Instagram.

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Business Book of the Year Award Winners 2005 - 2024

2024

Parmy Olson, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World, published by Macmillan Business (UK), St. Martin’s Press (US). Supremacy is the behind-the-scenes story of the personal and commercial battle to establish dominance in artificial intelligence.

Supremacy saw off strong competition from a shortlist of titles with subjects ranging from the quest to achieve better economic growth, the purpose of technology, the evolution of the corporation, and the impact of tribal instincts and improving longevity.