Youth 1955 Feb Feb. 24 Steven Paul is born in San Francisco, CA, soon to be adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs Fall Steve spends one semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out Steve gets a job at Atari, and makes a trip to India to seek enlightenment.
Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobs' garage, and sell them to hobbyists Apr. Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with a prototype Apple II The Apple II becomes the first mass-market personal computer, a huge hit all around the US Dec. Steve Jobs is shown the first working graphical user interface at Xerox PARC. Sales of Apple II skyrocket after Visicalc, the first spreadsheet, is introduced.
1983 PepsiCo CEO John Sculley becomes Apple's CEO Jan. 24 Macintosh is launched in great fanfare at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting Sep. 17 Steve Jobs resigns from Apple. Apple announces it will sue Steve's future company, NeXT.
Jan. 30 Jobs buys a division of George Lucas' ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar Feb. Ross Perot invests $20 million in NeXT, valuing it at $125 million Oct. 12 Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT Cube in San Francisco Jun. Canon invests $100 million in NeXT, now worth $600 million Feb. Steve becomes President & CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. Nov. 29 One week after Toy Story is out, Pixar goes public. Steve Jobs worth $1.5 billion.
Steve Jobs negotiaties a breakthrough deal between Pixar and Disney with Michael Eisner. Dec. Apple buys NeXT for $400 million. Steve Jobs is named "informal adviser" to CEO Gil Amelio Jul. Gil Amelio is ousted by the Apple Board. Steve Jobs is named interim CEO. Aug. 6 Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new Board and a peace treaty with Microsoft at Macworld.
May 6 Steve Jobs introduces Apple's revolutionary iMac Jan. 5 Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G3 and the color iMacs at Macworld San Francisco. Jul. 21 The original iBook is unveiled at Macworld New York with the tagline "iMac to go". Oct. 5 Introduction of iMovie, Apple's first Digital Hub app Jan. 5 Steve Jobs officially becomes Apple’s CEO and demoes Mac OS X at Macworld May 19 Apple opens its first Retail Stores in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California.
Oct. 23 Steve Jobs unveils the first iPod Jul. 17 Steve Jobs introduces the first Windows-compatible iPods at Macworld NY Jan. 6 Steve unveils the iPod mini and the iLife suite at Macworld Sep. 7 Steve introduces the iPod nano and the Motorola ROCKR, an iTunes-compatible cell phone.
Jan. 10 Steve Jobs introduces the first two Intel Macs at Macworld, the iMac and the MacBook Pro. Jan. 24 The Walt Disney Company acquires Pixar for $7.4 billion, and Steve joins the board. Feb. 28 Apple releases its first living-room product, the iPod hi-fi Apple Computer becomes Apple Inc Jan. 27 Steve Jobs unveils iPad, the much-anticipated Apple tablet.
Biological parents: Joanne Simpson and possibly Abdulfattah Jandali, political sciences professor from Syria Adoptive parents: Paul and Clara Jobs, both deceased Siblings: adoptive sister: Patti Jobs (born 1958), biological sister: Mona Simpson (born 1957) Spouse: Laurene Powell (born 1964), married in 1991 Children: Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), with unmarried girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan. Reed (born 1991), Erin Siena (born 1995) and Eve (born 1998) with wife Laurene.
"It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.“May "I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.“ June 12, 2005
Political orientation Democrat. Spirituality Steve studied Zen Buddhism in his youth. Favorite places He loves Yosemite, in which he demanded to be married, as well as Europe in general and Paris in particular. Favorite music Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Grateful Dead, all part of the rock scene of the 1960s.
In my opinion this businessman chaged the world. He has a very rich imagination and he has worked very hard for to became a multimillionaire. Steven Jobs has a profitable business and he deserves to be commended for his contribution in the field of technology. Galeanu Elena