Steve Jobs Summary

Steve Jobs Overview

The book Steve Jobs by acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson is the only biography officially endorsed by Steve Jobs, who requested Isaacson write the book. The book follows the life of the computer pioneer from birth to his death in 2011. It chronicles his time starting Apple in a garage with Steve Wozniak, the launch of the Macintosh, his ousting from Apple, his return, and his struggles with cancer. The book does not hold back on including the negative aspects of Jobs' life and character. This was intentional, as Jobs wanted these things to be included and insisted in not reading early drafts of the book. Jobs died months before the book was published in September 2011.