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SteveJobsbyWalterIsaacson

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FROMTHEAUTHOROFTHEBESTSELLING

BIOGRAPHIESOFBENJAMINFRANKLIN

ANDALBERTEINSTEIN,THISISTHE

EXCLUSIVEBIOGRAPHYOFSTEVEJOBS.

Based on more than forty interviewswith Jobs con

ducted over twoyears - aswell asinterviewswith morethan ahundred family members,friends,adver saries,competitors,andcolleagues - WalterIsaacson has written arivetingstory of theroller-coasterlife andsearinglyintensepersonalityof acreativeentre and digitalpublishing.

At atime whenAmericaisseekingwaystosustain

thebestwaytocreatevaluein thetwenty-firstcentury wasto connectcreativitywith technology.He builta company whereleapsof theimaginationwerecom binedwithremarkable featsofengineering. toreaditbeforeitwaspublished.Heput nothingoff- so,about thepeopleheworkedwith andcompeted shapedhisapproachtobusinessand theinnovative productsthatresulted.

Drivenbydemons,Jobscoulddrivethosearound

him tofuryand despair.Buthispersonalityandprod ucts wereinterrelated,just asApple'shardwareand His taleisinstructiveandcautionary,filledwithlessons about innovation, character,leadership,andvalues.

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AlsobyWalterIsaacson

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(withEvanThomas)

ProandCon

STEVEJOBS

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ISBN978-1-4516-4853-9

ISBN 978-1-4516-4855-3 (ebook)

Thepeoplewhoarecrazyenough

tothinktheycanchange theworldaretheoneswhodo. - Apples"ThinkDifferent"commercial,1997

CONTENTS

Charactersxiii

Introduction:HowThisBookCametoBexvii

CHAPTERONE

Childhood:AbandonedandChosen1

CHAPTERTWO

OddCouple:TheTwoSteves21

CHAPTERTHREE

TheDropout:TurnOn,TuneIn...31

CHAPTERFOUR

AtariandIndia:ZenandtheArtofGameDesign42

CHAPTERFIVE

TheAppleI:TurnOn,BootUp,JackIn. . .56

CHAPTERSIX

TheAppleII:DawnofaNewAge71

CHAPTERSEVEN

Chrisann andLisa:HeWhoIsAbandoned...86

CHAPTEREIGHT

XeroxandLisa:GraphicalUserInterfaces92

Contents

CHAPTERNINE

GoingPublic:AManofWealthandFame102

CHAPTERTEN

TheMacIsBorn:YouSayYouWantaRevolution108

CHAPTERELEVEN

CHAPTERTWELVE

TheDesign:RealArtistsSimplify125

CHAPTERTHIRTEEN

BuildingtheMac:TheJourneyIstheReward135

CHAPTERFOURTEEN

EnterSculley:ThePepsiChallenge148

CHAPTERFIFTEEN

TheLaunch:ADentin theUniverse159

CHAPTERSIXTEEN

GatesandJobs:WhenOrbitsIntersect171

CHAPTERSEVENTEEN

Icarus:WhatGoesUp. . . 180

CHAPTEREIGHTEEN

NeXT:PrometheusUnbound211

CHAPTERNINETEEN

Pixar:TechnologyMeetsArt238

CHAPTERTWENTY

CHAPTERTWENTY-ONE

FamilyMan:AtHomewiththeJobsClan267

Contents

CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO

ToyStory:BuzzandWoodytotheRescue284

CHAPTERTWENTY-THREE

TheSecondComing:

CHAPTERTWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTERTWENTY-FIVE

ThinkDifferent:JobsasiCEO327

CHAPTERTWENTY-SIX

CHAPTERTWENTY-SEVEN

TheiMac:Hello(Again)348

CHAPTERTWENTY-EIGHT

CEO:StillCrazyafterAllTheseYears358

CHAPTERTWENTY-NINE

CHAPTERTHIRTY

The DigitalHub:FromiTunestotheiPod378

CHAPTERTHIRTY-ONE

TheiTunesStore:TmthePiedPiper394

CHAPTERTHIRTY-TWO

MusicMan:TheSoundTrackofHisLife411

CHAPTERTHIRTY-THREE

PixarsFriends: . . .andFoes426

CHAPTERTHIRTY-FOUR

Contents

CHAPTERTHIRTY-FIVE

RoundOne:MementoMori452

CHAPTERTHIRTY-SIX

CHAPTERTHIRTY-SEVEN

RoundTwo:TheCancerRecurs476

CHAPTERTHIRTY-EIGHT

Thei?zd: Into thePost-PCEra490

CHAPTERTHIRTY-NINE

NewBattles:AndEchoesofOldOnes511

CHAPTERFORTY

CHAPTERFORTY-ONE

RoundThree:TheTwilightStruggle538

CHAPTERFORTY-TWO

Legacy:TheBrightestHeavenofInvention560

Acknowledgments573

Sources575

Notes579

Index599

CHARACTERS

back. daughterLisa. becameawriterinNewYorkCity. teacher.

Jobs for three decades.

manufacturing.

JobsasAppleCEOinAugust2011.

contentcompanies. dledAppleintheearlyMacintoshyears. xivCharacters clashedwithJobs. company. divisionwhenJobswasoustedin1985. originalMacteam. employee. engineerontheAppleII.

RobertIger.SucceededEisnerasDisneyCEO in2005.

confidant.

EveJobs.YoungestchildofLaureneandSteve.

Steve.

wife,Clara,adoptedStevein1955. signedin1994tocofoundDreamWorksSKG.

Charactersxv

Appleemployee.

Jobs. trustedadvisor. butdidnotget the iPhonebusiness. fatherfigure. hardwareengineeratApplein1997. to manageJobs. clashedwith andoustedJobsin1985. raised. afflictedwithschizophreniainthe1990s. chiefsoftwareengineeratApplein1997.

DuncanMilnerattheadagencyApplehired.

xviCharacters Stephen Wozniak. ThestarelectronicsgeekatHomesteadHigh;Jobsfig camehispartnerinfoundingApple.

INTRODUCTION

HowThisBookCametoBe

to beonstage.He wantedinsteadto takeawalksothat wecouldtalk. washispreferredwaytohaveaseriousconversation.It turnedoutthat cadeortwo,whenyouretire. I hadknownhimsince1984,whenhecametoManhattantohave

Introduction

focusonme,andhewouldtakemeto asushirestaurantinLower Manhattanto tellmethatwhateverhewastoutingwasthebestthing hehadeverproduced.Ilikedhim. German wartimecodesand then committedsuicideby biting into a decidedto dosuchabook.When myEinsteinbiographycameout, hecameto abookeventinPaloAltoandpulledmeasidetosuggest, again,thathewouldmakeagoodsubject. andI hadnoreasontobelievehe'deverreadanyofmybooks.Maybe when he had firstraisedtheidea,I hadn'tknownhe wassick.Almost explained. later thatfallheseemedtohavesecondthoughts aboutcooperating

Introduction

forawhile. writerMonaSimpson.Hiswifeand their threechildrenhad taken a Hewasin areflectivemood,andwetalkedformorethan anhour.He economiesinthetwenty-firstcentury. unexpectedanswer.Iknewthat Iwouldhavetointerviewscoresof

Introduction

dislikedit somuchthatheaskedtohaveinputindesigninganewver with him.Somewereformalonesin his PaloAltolivingroom,oth seethat it'salltoldtruthfully." Ileaveit to thereadertoassesswhetherIhavesucceededin this I'vedonethe bestIcantobalanceconflictingaccountsfairlyandbe transparentaboutthesourcesIused. This is a book about the roller-coasterlife and searingly intense

Introductionxxi

world'smostvaluablecompany. Thisisalso,Ihope,abookaboutinnovation.At atimewhenthe thatconsumersdidnotyetknowtheyneeded. Shakespeare'sHenryV - thestoryofawillfulandimmatureprince spiringbutflawedking - beginswiththeexhortation"OforaMuseof inghowtoturnsiliconintogold.

STEVEJOBS

PaulJobswithSteve,1956

TheLosAltoshousewiththegaragewhere

Applewasborn

chapterone

CHILDHOOD

AbandonedandChosen

TheAdoption

WhenPaulJobswasmusteredout of theCoastGuardafterWorld fortyyearslater.

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asamachinistandfiremanearnedhimcommendations,but he occa ofseaman. hadbeenkilledin thewar.SowhenshemetPaulJobson thatfirst date,shewasprimedtostartanewlife. enoughlivingintheprocess. marriage,theywerelookingtoadoptachild.

Childhood

hadthreatenedtodisownherif shewedAbdulfattah.Norwasabor Joannetraveledto SanFrancisco,whereshewastakenintothecareof andquietlyarrangedclosedadoptions. yerandhiswife.Butwhenaboywasborn - onFebruary24,1955 - newbabyStevenPaulJobs.

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thestipulationthatthecouplepromise - indeedsignapledge - to married,shecouldgettheirbabyboyback. allfindeachother.

Childhood

borninto." ofabandonmentinSteveslife."

SiliconValley

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hammerso I couldworkwithhim." ofthehouseinMountainView.AsJobsshowedit offtome,he ca youcouldn'tsee." veryyoungandreallygood-looking."

Childhood

encounteredit alotinautomobilesandotherthingshewouldfix.He andsellingitfor$250 - andnottellingtheIRS." whenwewerekids." JobssaidthathisappreciationforEichlerhomesinstilledin him theiPod."

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that anditwasn'tinhisnature.Iadmiredhimforthat."PaulJobswent backto beingamechanic. overdrunk,andmydadstoodhimdown - saying"She'shere,butyou're messed-uplives.

Childhood

launched ballisticmissiles,was founded in 1956 next to the NASA hereveryexciting." DavidPackardand his newwifemovedinto ahousein Palo Alto that had a shedwherehisfriendBillHewlettwassoonensconced. Thehousehadagarage - anappendagethatwouldprovebothuse fulandiconicinthevalley - inwhichtheytinkeredarounduntilthey stabilitywantedtowork. engineers - mostnotablyRobertNoyceandGordonMoore - to

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semiconductors.

Childhood11

Iracedhome,andItoldmydadthathewaswrong."

anamplifier.There's sometrick." abatoutofhell.'" hewasadopted,madehimfeelapart - detachedandseparate - from bothhisfamilyandtheworld. willingtoadapttheirlivestosuitasonwhowasverysmart - andalso

Theywerewillingtodefertomyneeds."

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School

himhowtoread.This,however,ledtosomeproblemsoncehe gotto toreallybeatinganycuriosityoutofme." underthe chairofourteacher,Mrs.Thurman.Wegaveher anervous twitch."

Childhood13

tachment,thatwouldmarkhimforthe restofhis life. mostlyright,Iwillgiveyouthisandfivedollars.'And Ihandeditback "Ijustwantedtolearnandtopleaseher." meshecaredabout.Shesawsomethinginme." anotherkid'sback. sibly,tohavehimskiponlyonegrade.

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wasin adifferentschool,CrittendenMiddle.Itwasonlyeightblocks locatedin aneighborhoodfilledwithethnicgangs."Fightswerea schoolasa showofmacho."Around the timethatJobs arrived,agroup schoolwasdestroyedafteritsteambeatCrittenden'sin awrestling match. school,"herecalled.Financiallythiswasatoughdemand.His par district." Themovewasonlythreemilestothesouth,to aformerapricot cutter tract homes.Theirhouse, at 2066 Crist Drive, was one story hissonwithelectronics. fruitsandvegetables." LutheranchurchmostSundays.Thatcameto anendwhenhewas

Childhood15

whichoneI'mgoingtoraiseevenbeforeI doit?" Jobsthenpulledout theLifecoverandasked,"Well,doesGod that." sometimesIdon't.It'sthegreatmystery" weredevising.Hissonwasfascinatedbytheneedforperfection. "La

I was moreinterestedin electronics."

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servedtwo thousandstudents."Itwasdesignedby afamousprison schoolbyhimselfeachday. He hadfewfriendshisownage,buthegottoknowsomeseniors who were immersedin thecountercultureof the late 1960s.Itwas a

LSD and the wholecounterculturetrip."

wholiveddownthe streetfromhis oldhouse.Langeventuallygave couldbuildanything."

Childhood17

groupoffifteenorsostudentswhometin thecompanycafeteriaon emittingdiodes. So we talked about what to do with them." Because

Ifellinlovewithit."

PaloAlto and calledhim at home. And he answeredandchattedwith stuff,I lovethis stuff/ and then I askedhim what he liked to do best. outwiththem." Jobslikedtowork.Healsohadanewspaperroute - hisfather woulddrivehimwhenitwasraining - andduringhissophomoreyear spent weekends and the summer as a stock clerk at a cavernous elec

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warrensofshelves,dumpedunsortedintobins,andpiledin an out dooryard."Outin theback,nearthebay,theyhadafenced-inarea there.Thecolorsweremilitarygreensandgrays,but theyhadthese switchesand bulbcoversof amber and red.There were these big old wereblowingupChicago." At thewoodencountersupfront,ladenwith thickcataloguesin ter thantheclerks.Jobsfollowedsuit.Hedevelopedaknowledgeof coolcar,"helatersaid."Butatthetimeitwasthe mostuncoolcarin theworld.Still,itwasacar,sothatwasgreat."Within ayearhehad thatwasveryexciting." Thatsamesummer,betweenhissophomoreand junioryearsat the fewtimesin hislifethat hefacedhisfather'sanger."That wasthe

Childhood19

deprivation."Iwasstartingto getstoneda bitmore.Wewouldalso it, ofthosewhoweregeekilyimmersedinelectronicsand thosewho wereintoliteratureand creative endeavors. "Istartedtolistento music technology - Shakespeare,Plato.IlovedKingLear"Hisotherfavor nentshehadscored. ashepeeredin thewindow,"andhere,nextdoor,iswheretheauto classwasthenewautoshop."

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nevertrustedJobswith akeyto thestockroom.OnedayJobsneeded WhenMcCollumaskedhowhe hadgottenit,Jobsdescribed - with defiantpride - thecollectcallandthetalehehadtold."Iwasfurious," McCollumsaid."Thatwasnot thewayIwantedmystudentsto be

They'vegotplentyofmoney."

that itwasoffered.Foroneof hisprojects,hemadeadevicewith a system.

CHAPTERTWO

ODDCOUPLE

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