John Pepper in Conversation

Leadership Now Ohio member John Pepper, retired CEO of Procter & Gamble, recently authored 100 Books That Shaped My Life: Reflections on a Lifetime of Reading.

In a fireside chat with his son, David Pepper, John reflects on four books that have been especially meaningful to him: John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath; Wallace Stegner’s Crossing to Safety; Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove; and Jon Meacham’s seminal biography of Abraham Lincoln, And There Was Light.

“John is far more than a business leader. He is a true humanitarian—and one of the most literate and well-read people I’ve ever known.”
— Richard Stoff, Senior Advisor, Leadership Now Ohio