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April 11, 2011, 9:17 AM EDT
By Alex Sherman
(Updates with past biographies in the fourth paragraph.)
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs’s biography, drawn from three years of interviews with the executive, will be published in early 2012, according to CBS Corp.’s Simon & Schuster.
The book, called “iSteve: The Book of Jobs,” will be based on interviews that author Walter Isaacson has held with Jobs and his family, the publishing company said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. Isaacson, who’s written biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, also interviewed colleagues at Apple and competitors, it said.
“This is the perfect match of subject and author,” said Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster, calling Jobs “one of the world’s greatest innovators.”
Several unauthorized biographies of Jobs have been released, including “iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business,” published by John Wiley & Sons in 2005, and “The Second Coming of Steve Jobs,” published by Random House Inc. in 2001. The latest biography may focus on the past three years, marked by Jobs twice stepping away from daily operations at Apple to focus on his health. Jobs announced he had pancreatic cancer in 2004.
Health Issues
In early 2009, when Isaacson first began his interviews, Jobs announced he would cede day-to-day control of Apple to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Months later, Jobs confirmed he had had a liver transplant, allowing him to return to work. The following year, Apple unveiled the iPad and the iPhone 4, which helped it surpass Microsoft Corp. as the world’s largest technology company.
This year, Jobs again took a medical leave, handing over operational control for a second time to Cook. Although still on leave, Jobs made an appearance last month in San Francisco to release the iPad 2. Apple had a market value of $308.7 billion before today, the third-largest company in the world behind Exxon Mobil Corp. and PetroChina Co.
Simon & Schuster didn’t disclose terms of book deal. Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
CBS fell 31 cents to $24.27 in New York Stock Exchange trading on April 8 and has climbed 27 percent this year. Apple fell $3.02 to $335.06 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading and has gained 3.9 percent this year.
--With assistance from Adam Satariano in San Francisco. Editors: Niamh Ring, John Lear
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Sherman in New York at asherman6@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Thomas Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net; Peter Elstrom at pelstrom@bloomberg.net
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(Updates with past biographies in the fourth paragraph.)
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs’s biography, drawn from three years of interviews with the executive, will be published in early 2012, according to CBS Corp.’s Simon & Schuster.
The book, called “iSteve: The Book of Jobs,” will be based on interviews that author Walter Isaacson has held with Jobs and his family, the publishing company said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. Isaacson, who’s written biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, also interviewed colleagues at Apple and competitors, it said.
“This is the perfect match of subject and author,” said Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster, calling Jobs “one of the world’s greatest innovators.”
Several unauthorized biographies of Jobs have been released, including “iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business,” published by John Wiley & Sons in 2005, and “The Second Coming of Steve Jobs,” published by Random House Inc. in 2001. The latest biography may focus on the past three years, marked by Jobs twice stepping away from daily operations at Apple to focus on his health. Jobs announced he had pancreatic cancer in 2004.
Health Issues
In early 2009, when Isaacson first began his interviews, Jobs announced he would cede day-to-day control of Apple to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. Months later, Jobs confirmed he had had a liver transplant, allowing him to return to work. The following year, Apple unveiled the iPad and the iPhone 4, which helped it surpass Microsoft Corp. as the world’s largest technology company.
This year, Jobs again took a medical leave, handing over operational control for a second time to Cook. Although still on leave, Jobs made an appearance last month in San Francisco to release the iPad 2. Apple had a market value of $308.7 billion before today, the third-largest company in the world behind Exxon Mobil Corp. and PetroChina Co.
Simon & Schuster didn’t disclose terms of book deal. Steve Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
CBS fell 31 cents to $24.27 in New York Stock Exchange trading on April 8 and has climbed 27 percent this year. Apple fell $3.02 to $335.06 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading and has gained 3.9 percent this year.
--With assistance from Adam Satariano in San Francisco. Editors: Niamh Ring, John Lear
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Sherman in New York at asherman6@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Thomas Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net; Peter Elstrom at pelstrom@bloomberg.net
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