his is the latest confirmation that the “great man” theory of history continues to thrive in Silicon Valley. As such, it joins a genre that includes Walter Isaacsons twin tomes on Steve Jobs and Elon Musk , Brad Stones book on Jeff Bezos , Michael Becrafts on Bill Gates, Max Chafkins on Peter Thiel and Michael Lewiss on Sam Bankman Fried . Notable characteristics of the genre include a tendency towards founder worship, discreet hagiography and a Whiggish interpretation of the life under...
