title: Walter Isaacson: The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs
author:  Walter Isaacson 
description: Walter Isaacson, University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of<i>Time</i>magazine. He is the author of<i>Leonardo da Vinci</i>; <i>The Innovators</i>;<i> Steve Jobs</i>;<i>Einstein: His Life and Universe</i>;<i>Benjamin Franklin: An American Life</i>; and<i>Kissinger: A Biography</i>, and the coauthor of<i>The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made</i>. Facebook: Walter Isaacson, Twitter: @WalterIsaacson
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  **FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND
  ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS.**
  
  
  Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well
  as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries,
  competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of
  the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative
  entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized
  six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet
  computing, and digital publishing.
  
  
  At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Jobs
  stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew
  that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect
  creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the