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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
- ASIN : 034914043X
- Publisher : Abacus; 2015th edition (11 February 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 592 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780349140438
- Item Weight : 429 g
- Dimensions : 12.8 x 3.8 x 19.5 cm
Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a visionary and a genius. If he decided that something should happen, then he would strive to make sure it would.
Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
During his entire career, he would constantly work and live at the intersection of technology and art. With his wits, bluntness and unique ability to sell and convince, he pushed his team to outdo themselves. They may not have seen it at the time, but in time, his team would love him for it. Through his persistent intensity, he achieved his dream: to change the course of history.
He believed rules didn't apply to him because he was special, but in the end, he branded the computer industry with his fully integrated system, the music industry with iTunes and the iPod, online media with the iPad, animation films with Pixar, and three generations with his vision of the future.
In opposition to his rivals, he always voted for an all-in-one integrated system instead of an open one. He insisted to be in control of everything, from manufacturing to selling.
Isaacson's portrait touched millions of readers. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
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His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Steve Jobs is the inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.
