SJ’s relationship with, 538–40
Jobs, Steven Paul, 21, 56, 108, 148, 293, 305, 340, 358, 490, 560
achievements of, xx–xxi, 565–66
adoption trauma and, 4–5, 12, 50–51
AppleLabs proposal and, 196–98, 203–6
Apple-NeXT lawsuits and, 217–18, 221–22
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 799
assessment of, 565–67
attitude toward wealth of, 104–6, 448–49, 451
author’s sickbed visit with, 555–57
aversion to authority of, 12, 19, 83
bachelor’s party of, 273–74
birth mother found by, 253–55, 258
Blue Box partnership and, 29–30
business drive of, 54–55
calligraphy studied by, 40–41, 130
cancer of, xviii–xix, 266, 376, 415, 425, 452–56, 461, 476, 479–80, 482–84, 538–39, 547–51, 555
carbon microphone incident and, 10–11
as celebrity, 180–81
chairman role of, 207–9, 213, 225
charisma of, 31, 64, 112, 121, 172, 242, 245, 302, 564
childhood of, 5–12, 119
as college dropout, 40–41
commune living and, 38–39
controlling personality of, 74–75, 137–38, 182–83, 236, 245, 287, 288, 309, 315, 335–36, 365, 493
counterculture self-image of, 107, 162–63, 168, 331, 451
design aesthetic of, 80, 125–28, 239–40, 248
design passion of, 220–21
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 800
diet of, 14, 31, 35–36, 41, 51, 68, 82–83, 260, 454–55, 476–77, 548–49
Eastern spirituality interest of, 34–35, 48–52
education of, 12–20
electronics passion of, 10–11, 15–17, 19–20
fame of, 106–7
fasting practice of, 36, 476, 548
final resignation letter of, 557–59
first car of, 18
first computer seen by, 8
first desktop computer seen by, 17
first experience with electronics, 6–7
