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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 a distinguished fellow of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He is also a professor of history, a biographer of famous figures, and a host of a PBS show and a podcast.
Walter Isaacson has 105 books on Goodreads with 4656969 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.
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.”
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.
Dec 13, 2023 · Walter Isaacson talks about criticism of his biography, Musk's growing influence, and how Twitter shapes his legacy.
