← the founders library

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

Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon

Book content checked: . What this means

Buy a copy
Amazon USAmazon UKAmazon DE

These are Amazon affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Summary

Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon present an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs, tracing his early success at Apple, his work in animation and his return to Apple. They frame his career as a second act across computers, movies and music, with Pixar and the iPod among the businesses and products in the story.

  • SourceiCon — licensed Wiley description on Google Books · Wiley India 2006 reprint description; movies, music and computers
  • SourceiCon — Dutch national library catalog · Inhoud and Versies; Wiley 2005 ISBN 9780471720836

Why read it Our view

Read it to follow a founder’s career across different businesses and products. The Apple, Pixar and iPod story gives you a way to compare a leader’s work in computers, film and music, and to consider what changes when that leader returns to an earlier company.

Written about

  • Steve JobsBiography subject
    Jobs is the subject of Young and Simon’s unauthorized 2005 biography. It covers Apple, Pixar and his return to Apple through the iPod era.
    Source