His book on developing Singapore is one of the most interesting books I've ever read. https://www.amazon.com/Third-World-First-Singapore-1965-2000...
It's part (auto)biography, part business book (his country was a startup, and he had to do tremendous business deals, place winning bets on numerous trends, allocate scarce capital effectively, manage and lead and recruit and inspire a team, etc) part dictator/war/adventure book (he jumps from a page of business dealings to suddenly buying fighter jets and preparing for invasion, making alliances etc, then suddenly back to business), part travel/culture/life. You'd be hard pressed to find a man with a more eventful or interesting life. I highly recommend it. There's 3 books in total, but the one I linked takes you from the founding of the nation state to the modern era, and is the same book the linked excerpt is taken from.