Steve jobs official biography
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Steve Jobs
American businessman and inventor (–)
For other uses, see Steve Jobs (disambiguation).
Steve Jobs | |
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Jobs introducing the iPhone 4, | |
| Born | Steven Paul Jobs[1] ()February 24, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 5, () (aged&#;56) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Alta Mesa Memorial Park |
| Education | Reed College (no degree) |
| Years&#;active | – |
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| Board member&#;of | |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Chrisann Brennan (–) |
| Children | 4, including Lisa, Reed, and Eve |
| Relatives | |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, ) |
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, – October 5, ) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the s and s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-fo
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The official biography of Steve Jobs. Jobs was a very private person, yet his bio is said to be full of stories and information that have never been told before. My wife and I both love to read biographies. It is the ultimate look into how someone lived, what was important to them, how they prioritized their time and energy, and what you can learn from the choices they made.
(Also available on the iBookstore.)
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Steve Jobs
Introduction
In a clear, elegant biographical röst, Walter Isaacson provides an unflinching portrait of the most important technological and innovative personality of the modern era: Apple’s founder and ledare thinker, Steve Jobs. Through a series of unprecedented interviews with Jobs—as well as interviews with more than friends, family members, colleagues, adversaries, admirers, and imitators—Isaacson documents the transformation of an ambitious Silicon Valley whiz kid into one of the most feared and respected business leaders of his generation and ganska possibly of all time; arriving at some hard truths about a man who defined the intersection of art and technology for the digital age and the future to come.
Topics & Questions for Discussion
1. Discuss Jobs’ harsh binary system of appraisal. Why do you think it worked so well in tangent with his style of leadership? Do you think there is merit in living to such high standards? Is it unrealistic