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Rick Tetzeli is the executive editor of Fast Company and a longtime technology journalist.

Known for: Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

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Becoming Steve Jobs is an in-depth biography that explores how Steve Jobs evolved from a brash, ambitious young entrepreneur into a visionary leader who transformed multiple industries. Drawing on years of interviews and personal access, authors Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli provide a nuanced portrait of Jobs’ growth, leadership style, and the lessons he learned through failure and success.

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Early Life and Founding of Apple

Steve Jobs’s story begins in the restless culture of 1970s California, where counterculture ideas mixed with engineering ingenuity. Adopted by a working-class family in Mountain View, Steve grew up with a fascination for machines and a hunger for meaning. He was never simply interested in technology...

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Rise and Fall at Apple

By the early 1980s, Apple was a symbol of Silicon Valley’s promise—and of Steve’s volatility. The Macintosh project, his obsession, was conceived as a device that would revolutionize computing. But Apple’s board and executives saw him as unpredictable, impulsive, even dangerous. The internal conflic...

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Rick Tetzeli is the executive editor of Fast Company and a longtime technology journalist.

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