Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by journalists Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, is an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs.

Rick Tetzeli is Executive Editor of Fast Company and Brent Schlender is a writer, editor, and author, best known for his award-winning magazine profiles of prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders of the Digital Revolution.

In addition, Tim Cook was not happy with Walter Isaacson's official biography, Steve Jobs.

[6] The book is noted for revealing previous publicly unknown events from Jobs' life, such as when in 2009, Tim Cook offered a portion of his liver to Jobs, since both share a rare blood type.

"[7] The front cover uses a photographic portrait of Jobs from the book Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000 by Doug Menuez.