Title: Steve Jobs
Author: Karen Blumenthal
Type: Non-Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 312
Rating: 9/10
Karen Blumenthal – Steve Jobs
This biography of Steve Jobs is a lively account of the life of one of the most famous visionaries in the history of Silicon Valley. Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak, one of his close friends who was also into assembling computers.
You probably know at least some of the story of Apple, because they’re one of those rare brands that has an awesome story behind them, as well as a history of awesome products. I’m not going to go into that here, because if you want to find out about that then you should read the book – what I can tell you, though, is that there’s a lot of fun to be had finding out all about it.
The cool thing about this is that there are lots of photographs and quotes from key figures along the way. Blumenthal has done her homework, and whilst this isn’t an officially authorised Apple biography, it is still very good. I certainly learned a lot about Jobs, including plenty of stuff that I didn’t know – his lineage, for example. Jobs was adopted, but he was able to discover who his real parents were – his dad was a Syrian refugee.
Jobs was a genius, and if you’re interested in business in any shape or form then you ought to read this, because his revolutionary ideas and strategies can often be modified and adapted to serve your own purposes. Sure, he was well-known for being a bit of a dick, but he was also the only person in history who revolutionised the personal computing, mobile phone and the music industries.
And he was quite a character, too – some of the stories that his family and friends share are priceless, typical Steve Jobs moments. He will be missed.
Karen Blumenthal
