Icon Steve Jobs The Greatest Second Act In The History Of Business by Jeffrey S Young William L Simon

About the Book: iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business

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 Jobss 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 Jobss role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disneys Michael Eisner, and examines Jobss dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobss 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 agea master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.

About the Author: Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon

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 Microsofts 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 Mitnicks 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.