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How Apple's imperious, brilliant CEO transformed American business.

After a six-month (medical) leave of absence in the early part of this year, he is once again commanding a 34,000-strong corporate army that is as powerful, awe-inspiring, creative, secretive and profitable - as at any time since he and his chum Steve Wozniak founded Apple

"It's often noted that he's a showman, a born salesman, a magician who creates a famed reality-distortion field, a tyrannical perfectionist. It's totally accurate, of course, and the descriptions contribute to his legend."

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