iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
Simon, William L.,Young, Jeffrey S.
ISBN 10: 0471720836 ISBN 13: 9780471720836
Published by Wiley, 2005
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iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs s meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer–making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobs s role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re–creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disney s Michael Eisner, and examines Jobs s dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobs s reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the age a master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.
About the Author: JEFFREY S. YOUNG, one of the founding editors of MacWorld magazine, first met Steve Jobs in 1983. He is the author of the classic unauthorized biography Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward. Young began his career as a reporter with the Los Angeles Herald–Examiner, and, after MacWorld, wrote for The Hollywood Reporter and worked for Forbes in the 1990s as its contributing editor from Silicon Valley, writing profiles and business pieces, including a very influential profile of Microsoft′s Steve Balmer. In 1997, he cofounded Forbes.com. Young is¿also the author of¿Forbes Greatest Technology Stories (Wiley). He lives in northern California.
WILLIAM L. SIMON is coauthor of Kevin Mitnick′s The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion, both published by Wiley, as well as the award–winning author of more than twenty other books.¿He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
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Title: iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in ...
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good