FROMTHEAUTHOROFTHEBESTSELLINGBIOGRAPHIESOFBENJAMINFRANKLINANDALBERTEINSTEIN,THISISTHEEXCLUSIVEBIOGRAPHYOFSTEVEJOBS.BasedonmorethanfortyinterviewswithJobsconductedovertwoyears—aswellasinterviewswithmorethanahundredfamilymembers,friends,adversaries,competitors,andcolleagues—WalterIsaacsonhaswrittenarivetingstoryoftheroller-coasterlifeandsearinglyintensepersonalityofacreativeentrepreneurwhosepassionforperfectionandferociousdriverevolutionizedsixindustries:personalcomputers,animatedmovies,music,phones,tabletcomputing,anddigitalpublishing.AtatimewhenAmericaisseekingwaystosustainitsinnovativeedge,Jobsstandsastheultimateiconofinventivenessandappliedimagination.Heknewthatthebestwaytocreatevalueinthetwenty-firstcenturywastoconnectcreativitywithtechnology.Hebuiltacompanywhereleapsoftheimaginationwerecombinedwithremarkablefeatsofengineering.AlthoughJobscooperatedwiththisbook,heaskedfornocontroloverwhatwaswrittennoreventherighttoreaditbeforeitwaspublished.Heputnothingofflimits.Heencouragedthepeopleheknewtospeakhonestly.AndJobsspeakscandidly,sometimesbrutallyso,aboutthepeopleheworkedwithandcompetedagainst.Hisfriends,foes,andcolleaguesprovideanunvarnishedviewofthepassions,perfectionism,obsessions,artistry,devilry,andcompulsionforcontrolthatshapedhisapproachtobusinessandtheinnovativeproductsthatresulted.Drivenbydemons,Jobscoulddrivethosearoundhimtofuryanddespair.Buthispersonalityandproductswereinterrelated,justasApple’shardwareandsoftwaretendedtobe,asifpartofanintegratedsystem.Histaleisinstructiveandcautionary,filledwithlessonsaboutinnovation,character,leadership,andvalues.WalterIsaacson,theCEOoftheAspenInstitute,hasbeenthechairmanofCNNandthemanagingeditorofTimemagazine.HeistheauthorofEinstein:HisLifeandUniverse,BenjaminFranklin:AnAmericanLife,andKissinger:ABiography,andisthecoauthor,withEvanThomas,ofTheWiseMen:SixFriendsandtheWorldTheyMade.HeandhiswifeliveinWashington,D.C.MEETTHEAUTHORS,WATCHVIDEOSANDMOREATSimonandSchuster.com•THESOURCEFORREADINGGROUPS•JACKETPHOTOGRAPHS:F...
