Steve Jobs’ Biographer Walter Isaacson Is Writing a Book About Elon Musk

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Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, is penning a book about entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk, according to Musk.

“If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography,” tweeted Musk.

In subsequent tweets, Musk revealed that Isaacson had been shadowing him “for several days so far,” and said he thought all the author’s biographies were good, but he “particularly liked” Isaacson’s biography of Benjamin Franklin.

Isaacson’s forthcoming Musk biography will undoubtedly pique the interest of some Apple watchers, since the book is likely to provide additional insight into Apple’s rocky relationship with Tesla, and more recently, Musk himself.

Apple and Tesla have been at odds since Apple started working on the ‌Apple Car‌ project and have notoriously poached employees from one another. Back in 2015, Musk famously called Apple the “Tesla Graveyard,” and said “If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple.”

In December, Musk claimed that he had attempted to speak with Apple about a possible acquisition of Tesla at one point in Tesla’s early days, but Apple CEO T

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