Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward - Jeffrey S. Young

This classic, unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs details the early rise and fall of Apple Computer up to 1986 through the story of its most visible leader. Informed by close observation in the years before and after the introduction of the Macintosh, this is an unvarnished, no-holds-barred account of the brilliance, erratic madness, and interpersonal warfare that characterize Apple’s charismatic but mercurial founder. Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward is also a unique look at the culture of Silicon Valley’s most infamous company, and delves deeply into the impact of fame, the tragedy of hubris, and the leadership qualities needed to make any high tech business successful.

Steve Jobs wanted nothing less than to change the world. He did. With a computer. And a company called Apple. In a corner of his parents’ garage—with electronics whiz-kid Steve Wozniak—he parlayed his middling grasp of technology, a wildcatter’s raw nerve, and an irresistible vision of the future into the biggest success story of Silicon Valley.

Steve was an adopted orphan, a college dropout, a Hare Krishna, a drug culture survivor, a brilliant motivator, a relentless self-promoter, and a fearless and foolhardy risk-taker who inspired—and terrified—the thousands who worked for him. Ten years after starting Apple, after shattered friendships, titanic power struggles, wild tantrums, and wily maneuvers, he was removed as Chairman of the Board in a bitter coup—leaving him on the outside with millions in his pocket and a new dream: NeXT.

Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward was published in hardcover (Scott Foresman/Little Brown, 1987) and mass market paperback (Lynx Books,1988). It has been out of print since the early 1990s.

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