Apple, Over The Years By heyland May 4, 1976 Jobs met Steve Jobs met Steve and the two we hiried at Hewitpackerd Jul 7, 1976 Both the Steves started Apple Computers in a garge Dec 12, 1980 Apple went public Feb 13, 1985 Jobs was fired as CEO of Apple Mar 3, 1986 Steve got a job at Pixar Mar 16, 1987 Apple returned Jobs to CEO Jun 13, 2011 Steve died of cancer