Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the creation of Apple, and how one company changed the world...

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Michael Moritz

Return to the Little Kingdom

Name: Return to the Little Kingdom
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ISBN: 9780715656488

Steve Jobs, the creation of Apple, and how one company changed the world

Michael Moritz

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English

Duckworth
21 April 2026

Biography: business & industry; Information technology industries

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*The classic story of how Apple became the most valuable company in the world, reissued for Apple's 50th anniversary
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Every empire has an origin story. This is Apple's.

Before Apple became the most valuable company in the world, it was just an idea sparked in a garage. Return to the Little Kingdom is Michael Moritz's vivid, behind-the-scenes account of Apple's explosive early years - a raw, fast-paced journey through invention, obsession and the birth of a movement. More than a story about Steve Jobs or a scrappy start-up, Return to the Little Kingdom is a rare blueprint of how enduring companies are built from nothing but vision and nerve.

Updated with Moritz's reflections on Apple's extraordinary resurgence, this classic work is essential reading for founders, dreamers, and anyone determined to build the future. If you want to understand how empires are born, start here.

By: Michael Moritz
Imprint: Duckworth
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780715656488
ISBN 10: 0715656481
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 21 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Michael Moritz was a partner of the Silicon Valley venture firm, Sequoia Capital, for thirty-five years and led the business between 1995 and 2012. He has also been a director of many of the world's leading companies - including Google, PayPal, LinkedIn, Stripe, Klarna and Yahoo! Michael was born in Cardiff in 1954 and is the author of several books including The Little Kingdom - the story of Apple's years as a private business - and Leading with Sir Alex Ferguson. Together with his wife, Harriet Heyman, he formed Crankstart in 2001 - a foundation devoted to helping those who might otherwise be left behind. He was knighted in 2013.

Reviews for Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the creation of Apple, and how one company changed the world

'A fascinating story... succeeds handsomely in recounting how Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak... carved permanent niches for themselves in the history of the information revolution' New York Times 'Meticulous... the fascination never flags' Washington Post 'An intimate account of the company's rise backed by superb reporting and written at a cracking pace' Business Week 'The Little Kingdom [demonstrates] that the next best thing to living the American success story is reading about it' Philadelphia Enquirer