Name: | Steve Jobs |
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By: | Walter Isaacson |
Narrated by: | Dylan Baker |
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Length | 25 hrs and 18 mins |
Category: | Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics |
Release Date: | 2011-10-23 |
Language: | English |
Walter Isaacson is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of biographies of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein.
Isaacson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Irwin and Betsy Isaacson. He was educated at the High School of New Orleans and Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude in history and literature.
Isaacson began his career as a journalist at Time magazine in 1978. He became the magazine’s political correspondent in 1981 and the chief political correspondent in 1984. In 1986, he was appointed the magazine’s managing editor, a position he held until 1996.
Isaacson was the chairman and CEO of the Aspen Institute from 2003 to 2017. He is currently a University Professor of History at Tulane University.
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Steve Jobs was one of the co-founders of Apple, and he became the company’s CEO in 1997. He was known for his visionary and innovative thinking, and he helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world. He was also known for his sometimes difficult and demanding personality, and he was often criticized for his management style. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and he died in 2011.
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