iCon

{{Short description|2005 biography by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon}}

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| author = {{hlist | Jeffrey S. Young | William L. Simon{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv6RHwAACAAJ|title=iCon: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business rk|isbn=9780471787846 |accessdate=January 14, 2011|last1=Young |first1=Jeffrey S. |last2=Simon |first2=William L. |date=April 14, 2006 |publisher=Wiley }}{{cite web|url=http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|title=iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business (Updated) - Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon. 0471787841|access-date=January 14, 2011|publisher=Boone Bridge Books|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708084317/http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|archive-date=July 8, 2011}}}}

| pub_date = 2005

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| country = United States

| publisher = Wiley

| pages = 368

| isbn = 0-471-72083-6

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iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business is an unauthorized biography by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon about the return of Steve Jobs to Apple Inc. in 1997. It was published in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471720836.html |title=Wiley: ICon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business |access-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105024758/http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471720836.html |archive-date=November 5, 2011 }}

The book's title is a pun with one connotation that of Jobs as an icon with attributes to be admired, while carrying the negative interpretation as I-(am a)-Con, as in a con man, criticized for charisma used in harmful ways such as the "reality distortion field". The non-capitalized "i" at the beginning is also in reference to many of Apple's products, such as the iPhone, iMac, iPod, and iTunes.

It is the followup to Young's 1988 biography, Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward.{{cite book | title=Steve Jobs: the Journey Is the Reward | publisher=Scott Foresman | author=Young, Jeffrey S. | year=1987 | pages=440 | isbn=0-6731-8864-7}}