About Steve Jobs

2.  Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an
American business magnate, entrepreneur and investor.
 He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder
of Apple Inc.,
 The chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar,
 A member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following
its acquisition of Pixar
 The founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.
 Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer
revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve
Wozniak.

3.  Steven Jobs was born February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, and
was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
 He grew up with one sister, Patty.
 As a child, Jobs preferred doing things by himself.
 He swam competitively, but was not interested in team sports or other
group activities.
 He showed an early interest in electronics and gadgetry.
 He spent a lot of time working in the garage workshop of a neighbour who
worked at Hewlett-Packard, an electronics manufacturer.
 Jobs also enrolled in the Hewlett-Packard Explorer Club. There he saw
engineers demonstrate new products, and he saw his first computer at the
age of twelve. He was very impressed, and knew right away that he wanted
to work with computers.
 While in high school Jobs attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard plant.
On one occasion he boldly asked William Hewlett (1931–2001), the
president, for some parts he needed to complete a class project. Hewlett
was so impressed he gave Jobs the parts, and offered him a summer
internship at Hewlett-Packard.

4.  Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino,
California, in 1972.
 While in high school, Jobs spent his free time attending various
after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he
also worked with Steve Wozniak as a summer employee.
 After high school, Jobs attended Reed College for one semester
but then dropped out.
 In 1974, he started going to Homebrew Computer Club meetings
with Wozniak and began working for Atari.
 He saved his money and then travelled to India with a college
friend, Daniel Kottke. He returned from India and continued
working at Atari.

5.  After returning from India, Jobs started working as a technician
for Atari.
 Jobs and Wozniak attended meetings of the Homebrew
Computer Club in 1975, which was a stepping stone to the
development and marketing of the first Apple computer.
 Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building
computers. For this Steve sold his Volkswagen while Wozniak
sold his Hewlett-Packard Scientific calculator.
 Jobs named their company – Apple in memory of a happy
summer, he had spend as an orchard worker in Oregon

6.  Apple Computer – April 1st 1976
 Apple’s first sales – The Byte Shop, a local retailer
 First public appearance – Personal Computer Festival in 1976
 Apple I designed and prototype built and it was first single board computer
with built-in Video interface.
 The company had a rough start with several turbulent years, but in 1984,
their famous “1984” commercial aired during the Superbowl and the
Macintosh was introduced later that same year.
 Since then, Apple computers have grown in popularity and variety. Jobs had
an instrumental role in introducing a new world o electronic gadgets,
including the iPod, iPad, and iPhone, all of which are widely popular. Jobs’
annual salary at the company was only $1, but he holds 5.426 million shares
in the company and 138 million shares in Disney, giving him an estimated
net worth of $5.1 billion in 2009.
 On a personal note, Jobs married Laurene Powell on March 18, 1991. They
have three children: a son and two daughters. Jobs also has another child,
Lisa Bennan-Jobs, from his previous relationship with Chrisann Brennan.

8.  Creative
 Perfectionist
 Talented
 Had a business brain
 Had a hot temper

9.  1985: National Medal of Technology (with Steve Wozniak), awarded
by US President Ronald Reagan
 1987: Jefferson Award for Public Service
 1989: Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine
 1991: Howard Vollum Award from Reed College
 2007: Named the most powerful person in business
by Fortune magazine
 2007: Inducted into the California Hall of Fame, located at The
California Museum for History, Women and the Arts
 2012: Grammy Trustees Award, an award for those who have
influenced the music industry in areas unrelated to performance
 2013: Posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend
 2017: Steve Jobs Theatre opens at Apple Park

10.  Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California, home around 3 p.m. (PDT)
on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his
previously treated islet-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine
tumour, which resulted in respiratory arrest.
 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former owner of what would
become Pixar, George Lucas, former rival, Microsoft co-
founder Bill Gates, and President Barack Obama all offered
statements in response to his death.