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Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American historian and journalist best known for having written biographies of important public figures, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk.
Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine.
Walter Isaacson has 104 books on Goodreads with 4671857 ratings. Walter Isaacson’s most popular book is Steve Jobs.
Sep 9, 2023 · Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match.
Dec 13, 2023 · Walter Isaacson talks about criticism of his biography, Musk's growing influence, and how Twitter shapes his legacy.
Walter Isaacson is a Professor of History at Tulane. He has been the editor of Time Magazine, the CEO and Chairman of CNN, and the CEO of the Aspen Institute.
May 31, 2024 · Walter S. Isaacson ’74 joined the Harvard Lampoon before seeing the light and becoming a renowned journalist. By Courtesy of The Aspen Institute By Joyce E. Kim and Cam N. Srivastava , Crimson ...
The story of Walter Isaacson—celebrated journalist, biographer, intellectual leader, and humanist—begins on May 20, 1952, when he was born at the Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Much later on, he described his father, Irwin, as a “kindly Jewish distracted humanist engineer with a reverence for science.”
Sep 12, 2023 · Walter Isaacson reveals how he shadowed Elon Musk and details billionaire's brutal treatment of workers, impulsive decisions and chaotic romantic life in a new biography.
Mar 11, 2021 · Biographer Walter Isaacson has profiled a number of eminent scientists of the past, from Leonardo da Vinci to Albert Einstein. In his latest book, The Code Breaker, Isaacson turns his attention to the life and work of a pioneering contemporary scientist—biochemist Jennifer Doudna.
