Steve Jobs: A Biography ~ official biography by Walter Isaacson (published by Simon & Schuster)

There are tonnes of books about Steve Jobs out there. If you haven't got one, you are in luck as the OFFICIAL biography of Steve Jobs will hits bookshelves in November 2011.

Steve Jobs: A Biography is writtened by Walter Isaacson, the former CEO of CNN. Originally titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs, this book is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over 2 years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues. The book publisher is Simon & Schuster.

Steve Jobs, one of the most controversial figure in the IT scene, had gone through a lot of ups and downs: 

• co-found Apple with Steve Wozniak; 
• got kicked out from Apple by the very man he bring into the company; 
• started NeXT Computer (company) that gets to nowhere; 
• bought into The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm, and later let Disney purchased Pixar in an all-stock transition which resulted Steve Jobs becoming The Walt Disney company's single biggest shareholder (7% shareholding)
• return to Apple in 1996 with the title interim CEO (iCEO) and successfully launched iMac, iPod, iTunes Stores, iPhone and iPad.
• made Apple the world's most valuable company, surpassing Exxon Mobil Corp on 10th of August, 2011.

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