Job Steve's life By Tsesmetzidou Maria 1976 Steve Jobs co-founds Apple Computer 1984 The Macintosh computer goes on sale 1985 Jobs resigns from Apple 1986 He buys Pixar 1996 He comes back to Apple 2004 He undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer 2005 He gives his famous commencement speech at Standfor University 2007 Apple releases its first smartphone, the iPhone 2009 He undergoes a liver transplant 2010 The iPad, Apple's tablet computer, goes on sale Aug 24, 2011 He steps down as Apple's CEO Oct 5, 2011 Jobs dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer