The book also discloses that Mr Jobs had bad-tempered run-ins with Barack Obama and his advisers, including a meeting last autumn when he told Mr Obama: "You're headed for a one-term presidency."
Mr Jobs told him that the US was too unfriendly to business, and that companies would rather build factories in China than in America, where they were frustrated by "regulations and unnecessary costs".
Apple and Mr Jobs have frequently been criticised for having their products manufactured in Chinese plants with poor pay for employees and controversial working conditions.
The Apple chief also criticised America's uncompetitive education system, which he said was "crippled by union work rules." He said Mr Obama should have schools open until 6pm, 11 months a year.