Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

14 mentors recommend this 665 pages

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At

ISBN: 9788202369873

Who Recommends This Book 14

Scott Adams

Scott Adams

Comedy

"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won."

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"I’m fascinated by the discussion of how Jobs developed what became known as the Reality Distortion Field. Apparently Jobs had a lifelong battle with reality and won."

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George Raveling

George Raveling

Sports

"When I read this book I was so blown away. I had underlined about three-quarters of the book."

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Chris Fussell

Chris Fussell

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Really did a good job of capturing the way that an innovation leader’s mind works."

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Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Scott Belsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast."

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Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky

Business & Entrepreneurship

"For Chesky, a source may come in the form of a biography of a business hero such as Steve Jobs or Walt Disney."

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Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business & Entrepreneurship

"I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call Steve Jobs a business book."

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Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio

Finance & Investing

"I noticed a number of similarities between [Steve Jobs and I], especially when [the author] quoted Jobs’s own words. [...] but to be clear, I didn’t think that Bridgewater or I held a candle to Apple and Jobs."