Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

4*

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (October 24, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1451648537
• ISBN-13: 978-1451648539
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.9 inches 

I read this book shortly after the passing of Steve Jobs and it certainly gave an insight to how he was a person and the history of one of the greatest companies of this age. Some key things that I remember reading in this book.

• Jobs was given up by his birth parents and at a later part, gets reunited with his family somewhat
• He was a college dropout doing the things he loved to do.
• Taking drugs and being into Zen formed the basis of how he thinks and operate
• He was more of a marketing person than an engineering person
• GUI actually came from Xerox but Jobs capitalised on it. That shows that being first does not translate to being a winner. 
• Bill Gates was actually quite close to him. 
• Jobs was fired from Apple. Jobs was actually very hard to work with and has a very difficult personality. 
• He did not create Pixar but owned it and drove it to what it is today.
• Jobs died of cancer in part due to his obstinate personality. 
• After he came back to Apple, the first foray into music started the ball rolling. 
• His concept of having products as extension of the PC sparked the post-PC revolution. 
• He keeps everything tightly controlled and integrated. 

All in all, a cool book that is hard to put down.