iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobs's meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer-making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobs's role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disney's Michael Eisner, and examines Jobs's dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobs's reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the age-a master of three industries: movies, music, and computers.

《蘋果世界》雜誌的創刊編輯之一，在20世紀90年代擔任《福布斯》雜誌的矽榖特約編輯，負責撰寫人物特寫和商業報道。1997年，他參與創辦瞭福布斯網站，並著有《福布斯電腦革命史》一書。

暢銷書作傢，曾獲“環球工商管理圖書奬”提名。他創作的電影和電視劇本也曾多次獲奬。