They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world's toughest boss. And then Fortune called him "The Manager of the Century." In his twenty-year career at the helm of General Electric, Jack Welch defied conventional wisdom and turned an aging behemoth of a corporation into a lean, mean engine of growth and corporate innovation. In this remarkable autobiography-a classic business book and runaway New York Times bestseller now updated with a new afterword by the author-Jack Welch takes us on the rough-and-tumble ride that has been his remarkable life. From his working-class childhood to his early days in G.E. Plastics to his life at the top of the world's most successful company, Welch tells his intensely personal story with his well-known fire and candor. And although it chronicles billion-dollar deals and high-stakes corporate standoffs, Jack is ultimately a story about people-from a man who based his career on demanding only the best from others and from himself.

From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin andAlbertEinstein,this is theexclusive biography ofSteveJobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were c

JackWelchIsAcknowledgedByManyAsTheGreatestCorporateLeaderOfThe20ThCentury.WhenHeFirstBecameCeoOfGeneralElectricIn1981TheCompanyWasWorth$12Billion-In2001ItWasWorth$280Billion.ButWelchIsMoreThanJustALeaderOfTheMostSuccessfulBusinessInTheWorld.HeRevolutionizedGe'SEntireCorporateCultureWithHisDistinctiveManagementStyle:TheIndividualAppreciationOfEachOfHis500Managers,TheCommittmentToAnInformalButDrivenWorkStyleAndTheEncouragementOfCandourAreAllPartOfTheWelchApproach.Welch'SStoryOffersTheClassicTaleOfASelf-MadeManWhoseBusinessCareerEmbodiesTheAmericanDream.