Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a geni… - Walter Isaacson

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Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.

Walter Isaacson

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Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is a writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He was the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time. He has written biographies of Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.

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Alternative Names: Walter Seff Isaacson

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Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. - Walter Isaacson

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