Steve Jobs

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The phenomenal bestseller from the author of acclaimed biographies presents the riveting story of a creative entrepreneur whose intense personality and passion for perfection transformed six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Based on over forty interviews with Jobs and more than 100 conversations with family, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, this portrait has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers. In an era when America seeks to maintain its innovative edge and societies strive to build digital-age economies, Jobs remains the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He understood that connecting creativity with technology was key to creating value in the twenty-first century, establishing a company where imaginative leaps met remarkable engineering feats. Although he cooperated with the author, Jobs requested no control over the narrative, encouraging honesty from those around him. He spoke candidly about his experiences, and the insights from friends, foes, and colleagues reveal the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, and compulsion for control that defined Jobs’s business approach, the innovative products he created, and his enduring legacy.