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Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and Time who had previously written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. [1] [2]
Isaacson's account of cultural influences on Jobs was my favorite part of the book. As a young man, Jobs read Shakespeare and Plato, and he liked King Lear and Moby Dick. He also loved the music ...
Isaacson's book Steve Jobs, about the life of the entrepreneur, earned Isaacson the 2012 Gerald Loeb Award. [49] In 2012, he was selected as one of the Time 100, the magazine's list of the most influential people in the world. [50] Isaacson is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded its 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal.
[158] [159] Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson "...he came to like the idea of having a uniform for himself, both because of its daily convenience (the rationale he claimed) and its ability to convey a signature style". [158] Jobs and Bill Gates were a panel at the fifth D: All Things Digital conference in 2007.
Elon Musk is an authorized biography of American business magnate and SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk.The book was written by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN, TIME and the Aspen Institute who had previously written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci.
Call it the 'Isaacson Accord': the agreement behind Walter Isaacson biographies, including 'Elon Musk,' to leave the assumption of difficult genius untouched.