Steve Jobs (book)

Steve Jobs

Author	Walter Isaacson
Cover artist	Albert Watson
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Biography
Publisher	Simon & Schuster (U.S.)
Publication date	October 24, 2011
Media type	E-book, Print (Hardback and Paperback), and Audiobook
Pages	656 pp.
ISBN	1-4516-4853-7
OCLC	713189055

Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and Time who had previously written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein.^[1][2]

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—in addition to interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Isaacson was given "unprecedented" access to Jobs's life.^[3] Jobs is said to have encouraged the people interviewed to speak honestly. Although Jobs cooperated with the book, he asked for no control over its content other than the book's cover, and waived the right to read it before it was published.^[4] Describing his writing, Isaacson commented that he had striven to take a balanced view of his subject that did not sugarcoat Jobs's flaws.^[5]

The book was released on October 24, 2011, by Simon & Schuster in the United States, 19 days after Jobs's death.^[6]

A film adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, with Michael Fassbender starring in the title role, was released on October 9, 2015.