Steve Jobs rejected liver transplant offer from Tim Cook

New biography of the late Apple co-founder reveals closeness of the relationship between him and his successor

Steve Jobs rejected an offer of a liver transplant from Tim Cook in 2009, a new biography of the late Apple co-founder reveals.

Despite becoming increasingly ill from cancer, Jobs angrily turned down the proposal by the man who would go on to run Apple after he died.

His relationship with Iger had become so strong that Steve had wanted Iger to join the Apple board, which Iger couldn't do for fiduciary reasons. In fact, because of their friendship, Iger also turned down an invitation from Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt to be on Google's board. "He told me he'd get jealous," says Iger.