What is Walter Isaacson?
[[File:Walter Isaacson VF 2012 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Walter Isaacson in 2012}}]] '''Walter Isaacson''' (born May 20, 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] [[businessman]] and [[journalist]]. In 2001 he became [[Chairman]] and [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO) of [[CNN]].<ref name=SkinnerNEH>{{cite web |url=http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/walter-isaacson-biography |title=Awards & Honors: 2014 Jefferson Lecturer Walter Isaacson |author=David Skinner |date= |website= |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> In 2003 he became the [[President]] and CEO of the [[Aspen Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/13/isaacson.cnn/ |title=Isaacson to leave CNN, join Aspen Institute |author= |date=13 January 2003 |website= |publisher=CNN |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> He also has been the editor of [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]].<ref>G. Whiz, ''Steve Jobs - 101 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know'' (USA: G Whiz Books, 2014), p. 8</ref> Isaacson has written [[biography|biographies]] of [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Albert Einstein]], [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Henry Kissinger]].<ref name=AI>{{cite web |url=http://www.aspeninstitute.org/about/about-walter-isaacson |title=About Walter Isaacson |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Aspen Institute |accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> He also co-authored the book ''The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made''.<ref name=AI/> In 2012 Time Magazine named him one of the top 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bncollege.com/news/steve-jobs-author-walter-isaacson-visits-harvard-coop/ |title=Steve Jobs Author Walter Isaacson Visits Harvard COOP |author= |date=31 May 2012 |website= |publisher=Barnes & Noble College |accessdate=17 February 2015 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316053535/http://www.bncollege.com/news/steve-jobs-author-walter-isaacson-visits-harvard-coop/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Early life and e