Summary of Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader is a biography written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, detailing the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Written in 2015, the book is based off of decades of interviews and research by the authors. The book chronicles Jobs’ early influences, his vision, his mistakes, and his successes. It follows him from his time at Atari and the founding of Apple, through his ousting from the company and his tenure at NeXT and Pixar, and culminates in his resurrection of Apple and his work until his death in 2011. Throughout, the authors seek to show readers a more balanced, compassionate and complex portrait of the iconic innovator than was previously known. This book provides an intimate portrait of a remarkable leader and sheds light on how Jobs evolved from a restless, impulsive individual into the visionary leader we know today.