Summary

Jobs was initially deeply hurt when he was fired from Apple. But later came to believe it was the best thing that could have happened to him. He founded a new company, bought another and met his wife. In 1996, Apple needed help. It had too many projects and they’d spent millions on a new operating system that was still not developed. After a visit from Jobs, they agreed to purchase NeXT for $400 million and to name Jobs an advisor to the new Apple CEO, Gil Amelio.

When Jobs appeared at a computer convention in San Francisco, the audience leaped to its feet when he came on stage. He was still a star. The board eventually removed Amelio and gave Jobs a larger responsibility making him the interim CEO. Jobs could still be his old self but he was more laid back and...