Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)
Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on 24 February 1955, to two university students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian born Abdulfattah "John" Jandali , who were both unmarried at the time. He was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922– 1993) and Clara Jobs (1924– 1986). Home of Paul and Clara Jobs, on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California. Steve Jobs formed Apple Computer in its garage with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. When asked about his "adoptive parents, " Jobs replied emphatically that Paul and Clara Jobs "were my parents. "He later stated in his authorized biography that they "were my parents 1, 000%. "
Following high school graduation in 1972, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Although he dropped out after only one semester, he continued auditing classes at Reed, while sleeping on the floor in friends' rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple. Jobs later said, "If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. " Reed College
Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped make the idea of the personal computer popular in the late 1970 s. In the early 1980 s, still at Apple, Jobs was one of the first to see the commercial potential of using a mouse to use with the GUI. During this period, Apple had hired a number of other people to be president of the company. Apple logo in 1977 Apple One Ne. XT logo In 1985 Apple's Board of Directors fired Jobs from his position with the company. He then started Ne. XT, a computer platform development company which dealt with higher education and business markets. Young Jobs
Apple's 1997 buyout of Ne. XT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded where he worked as the CEO of Apple. He was paid $1 per year plus stock options. While Jobs was away from Apple, he bought a computer animation studio from film director George Lucas called Pixar. Jobs later sold Pixar to Disney and gained a seat on the Disney board of directors. Pixar studios logo
On August 24, 2011, Jobs retired as CEO of Apple. He suggested Tim Cook as his successor. Following Jobs' request, Jobs continued as the chairman of the Apple Inc. 's Board of Directors. Steve Jobs with IPhone 4, 2010 Tim Cook
Jobs had health problems for the last few years and had a liver transplant. When he died in 2011, he was worth $8. 3 billion.
Rest In Peace, Steve We miss you
