Becoming Steve Jobs

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| name = Becoming Steve Jobs

| image = Becoming Steve Jobs - The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Brent Schlender
Rick Tetzeli

| cover_artist = Doug Menuez

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Biography

| publisher = Crown Business

| release_date = March 24, 2015

| media_type = E-book, Print {{nowrap|(Hardback and Paperback)}}, and Audiobook

| pages = 464 pp.

| isbn = 978-0-385-34740-2 |isbn_note= {{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/223401/becoming-steve-jobs-by-brent-schlender-and-rick-tetzeli|title=Becoming Steve Jobs|work=Random House|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}

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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by journalists Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, is an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs. Rick Tetzeli is Executive Editor of Fast Company and Brent Schlender is a writer, editor, and author, best known for his award-winning magazine profiles of prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders of the Digital Revolution.{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/user/rick-tetzeli|title=Rick Tetzeli|work=Fast Company|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Brent-Schlender/e/B00J01WHLK|title=Brent Schlender|work=Amazon|accessdate=March 27, 2015}} The book was released on 24 March 2015 by Crown Business in the US.

Apple spokesman Steve Dowling admitted that Apple helped the authors in writing the book, as the company felt it could do more for its founder. In addition, Tim Cook was not happy with Walter Isaacson's official biography, Steve Jobs. Reviews from Apple Inc. for Becoming Steve Jobs have been positive,{{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2900222/apple-gives-stamp-of-approval-to-new-steve-jobs-biography.html?phint=newt%3Dcomputerworld_operating_systems&phint=idg_eid%3D0805f2ffb0587806e74ec790740eb032#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_os_2015-03-26|title=Apple gives stamp of approval to new Steve Jobs biography|work=Computerworld|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/business/media/apple-opens-up-to-praise-new-book-on-steve-jobs-and-criticize-an-old-one.html?_r=0|title=Apple Opens Up to Praise New Book on Steve Jobs, and Criticize an Old One|work=The New York Times|date=22 March 2015 |accessdate=March 27, 2015 |last1=Chen |first1=Brian X. |last2=Alter |first2=Alexandra }} with Bill Atkinson describing it as "the best accounting of Jobs ... it did a really good job of showing the arc of Steve's career".{{Triangulation|247|Bill Atkinson}}

The book is noted for revealing previous publicly unknown events from Jobs' life, such as when in 2009, Tim Cook offered a portion of his liver to Jobs, since both share a rare blood type. Jobs responded by yelling, "I'll never let you do that. I'll never do that."[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/tim_cook_tried_to_foist_his_liver_on_steve_jobs/ I BEG YOU, mighty Jobs, TAKE MY LIVER, Cook told Apple's dying co-founder]. The Register. 13 March 2015

The front cover uses a photographic portrait of Jobs from the book Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000 by Doug Menuez. The photograph was taken by Doug Menuez.{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/fearless-genius-the-digital-revolution-in-silicon-valley-1985-2000/|title=Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley, 1985–2000|work=Doug Menuez|date=7 July 2014 |accessdate=March 27, 2015}}