Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over a two-year period, alongside conversations with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors and colleagues. Presented as an acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography, it is shaped by extensive first-hand testimony.

Isaacson follows Jobs’s rollercoaster life and intensely driven personality, depicting him as a creative entrepreneur with a passion for perfection. The book considers how his ambition helped to transform six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with the project, he asked for no editorial control, did not request to read the manuscript before publication, and encouraged those around him to speak openly, with no subjects ruled out.

Key details

• Biography of Steve Jobs
• By Walter Isaacson
• Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs over two years
• Includes interviews with more than a hundred people from his personal and professional life
• Jobs did not seek editorial control or pre-publication access

Synopsis

Built from extensive interviews, this biography offers a candid portrait of Steve Jobs through his own reflections and the perspectives of friends, foes and colleagues. It explores the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry and compulsion for control that influenced his approach to business, and considers the innovative products that followed. The narrative also examines the reach of his drive across personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing.