Now updated to cover the acquisition of Pixar by Disney
"An interesting and engaging tale. Warts and all, for better or worse, Steve Jobs is undisputedly an American business icon." -- The Miami Herald
This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals how Steve Jobs staged the greatest second act in the history of business. Taking us back to the heady days of Silicon Valley in the 1970s, iCon shows how Jobs achieved his first great success, rising from an outcast high school electronics nerd to become the driving force behind Apple and avatar of the computer revolution, only to be driven from the company in failure and disgrace. It then takes us behind-the-scenes as Jobs works his way toward an astounding comeback, revolutionizing the entertainment industry with Pixar, reclaiming the throne at Apple, and, with the extraordinary success of the iPod, regaining his reputation as arguably the greatest innovator of the digital age. As the book ends, Disney has just acquired Pixar, making Jobs Disney's largest shareholder-and setting the stage for act three.
"Provides insight into inner business strategies and power plays between larger-than-life personalities such as Disney boss Michael Eisner." -- USA Today
"A fascinating tale of an imaginative genius." -- BookPage
"One of the most captivating business biographies of recent years. Young and Simon have done a masterful job." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
This book chronicles the roller-coaster ride of Steve Jobs from the despair of repeated failures to the triumph of iPod and Toy Story and his monumental clash with Disney. Lightning never strikes twice, but Steve Jobs has, transforming modern culture first with the Macintosh and more recently with the iPod. He has dazzled and delighted audiences with his Pixar movies. And he has bedeviled, destroyed, and demoralized hundreds of people along the way. Steve Jobs is the most interesting character of the digital age.What a long, strange journey it has been. With the mainstream success of the iPod, Pixar's string of hits and subsequent divorce from Disney, and Steve's triumphant return to Apple, his story is better than any fiction. Ten years after the leading maverick of the computer age, the king of digital cool, crashed from the height of Apple's meteoric rise, Steve Jobs rose from ashes in a Machiavellian coup that only he could have orchestrated, and has now become more famous than ever.In this encore to his classic 1987 unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs-a major bestseller that sold 250,000 copies-Jeffrey Young examines Jobs's remarkable resurgence, one of the most amazing business comeback stories in recent years. Drawing on a wide range of sources in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, he details how Jobs put Apple back on track, first with the iMac and then with the iPod, and traces Jobs's role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, including his rancorous feud with Disney's Michael Eisner.
"An interesting and engaging tale. Warts and all, for better or worse, Steve Jobs is undisputedly an American business icon." -- The Miami Herald
This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals how Steve Jobs staged the greatest second act in the history of business. Taking us back to the heady days of Silicon Valley in the 1970s, iCon shows how Jobs achieved his first great success, rising from an outcast high school electronics nerd to become the driving force behind Apple and avatar of the computer revolution, only to be driven from the company in failure and disgrace. It then takes us behind-the-scenes as Jobs works his way toward an astounding comeback, revolutionizing the entertainment industry with Pixar, reclaiming the throne at Apple, and, with the extraordinary success of the iPod, regaining his reputation as arguably the greatest innovator of the digital age. As the book ends, Disney has just acquired Pixar, making Jobs Disney's largest shareholder-and setting the stage for act three.
"Provides insight into inner business strategies and power plays between larger-than-life personalities such as Disney boss Michael Eisner." -- USA Today
"A fascinating tale of an imaginative genius." -- BookPage
"One of the most captivating business biographies of recent years. Young and Simon have done a masterful job." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
This book chronicles the roller-coaster ride of Steve Jobs from the despair of repeated failures to the triumph of iPod and Toy Story and his monumental clash with Disney. Lightning never strikes twice, but Steve Jobs has, transforming modern culture first with the Macintosh and more recently with the iPod. He has dazzled and delighted audiences with his Pixar movies. And he has bedeviled, destroyed, and demoralized hundreds of people along the way. Steve Jobs is the most interesting character of the digital age.What a long, strange journey it has been. With the mainstream success of the iPod, Pixar's string of hits and subsequent divorce from Disney, and Steve's triumphant return to Apple, his story is better than any fiction. Ten years after the leading maverick of the computer age, the king of digital cool, crashed from the height of Apple's meteoric rise, Steve Jobs rose from ashes in a Machiavellian coup that only he could have orchestrated, and has now become more famous than ever.In this encore to his classic 1987 unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs-a major bestseller that sold 250,000 copies-Jeffrey Young examines Jobs's remarkable resurgence, one of the most amazing business comeback stories in recent years. Drawing on a wide range of sources in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, he details how Jobs put Apple back on track, first with the iMac and then with the iPod, and traces Jobs's role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, including his rancorous feud with Disney's Michael Eisner.