Oral History of Jon Rubinstein Session 2

Interviewed by Dag Spicer on 2019-08-15 in Mountain View, CA X9139.2020 ©Computer History Museum

In this extensive oral history, American electrical engineer, computer designer, inventor, and visionary Jon Rubinstein talks about a lifetime of creative engineering for some of the wold’s most innovative companies. Personally hired by Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, Rubinstein’s career at Apple shepherding some of our age’s most important consumer-oriented electronic products is a very exciting story, told here with humor, honesty, and insight. As a partner with passionate management and technical teams at Apple, Rubinstein discusses the many difficult decisions technology companies have to make to remain relevant and viable. This is truly an insider's look at how some of our most important companies really work, including Apple, the world’s first trillion dollar company

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Catalog Number: 102717909
Lot Number: X9139.2020