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Life and Works of STEVE JOBS

By prodig13

  • Steve Jobs birth

    joanne Schieble gave birth to steve jobs in San Fransisco who was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View.

  • Built first apple computer

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first apple computer in a garage in los Altos and launched apple as a company on april fools day

  • The first Apple II computers go on sale

    The Apple II is the first computer to display color images and come with a keyboard.

  • apple computer goes public

    sold 4.6 million for $22 each within minutes

  • apples Lisa computer bombs

    the apples Lisa computer was named after his oldest daughter and bombed probally because of the $10,000 price

  • The Macintosh is introduced

    the macintosh is introduced which has key elements of the "Lisa" such as a mouse and it features a revolutionary graphical interface.

  • Sculley ousts Jobs in a dramatic boardroom coup

    The Mac sales stagnating and the company wracked by infighting causes Sculley to ousts Jobs in a dramatic boardroom coup.

  • Jobs founds Next Computer

    Jobs founded the Next Computer and buys George Lucas’ computer graphics division. This eventually became Pixar Animation Studios.

  • Apple’s revenue soars

    apple revenue was less then 2 billion and soared to more than 5.5 billion

  • Apple’s profit and market share slide

    The company lays off 10% of its work force, introduces low-cost Macs and negotiates an alliance with IBM Corp, their rivals.

  • john scully oust by apple board

    he was oust for not paying enough attention to day-to-day operations.

  • apple left in disarray

    although the PC market was booming , a wave of executive departures and poor forecasting of demand leave Apple.

  • Apple bought Jobs’ Next Computer Inc

    jobs next computerr inc. was bout and he was hired as an consultant

  • Jobs is named Apple’s “interim” chief executive.

    apple name steve jobs as their interim chief executive

  • The company makes its first profit in five years.

    the company made their first profit in five years after indroducing the first of its translucent, brightly colored iMac computers

  • Apple brings out the iBook laptop

    first ibook laptop introduced

  • “interim” is dropped from Jobs’ CEO title.

    after being named apples "interium" cheif executive the interium is dropped from the name

  • apple introduce ipod

    More than 300 million iPods have been sold since.

  • Apple launches the iTunes music store

    itunes sell a million songs within a week

  • Jobs undergoes surgery

    jobs undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer

  • Jobs addresses his bout with cancer.

    jobs stated that “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.”

  • Apple revolutionizes the cellphone industry

    apple introduces the iphone and More than 73 million have been sold since.

  • Jobs gets a liver transplant

    jobs took 6 moths off work to get a liver transplant

  • apple introduces ipad

    the company sold over 7 million ipads

  • jobs take medical break

    jobs annouced he would be taking a medical break for unspecified reasons

  • Jobs steps down as Apple’s chief executive.

  • jobs died at 15

    after a long battle against pancreatic cancer jobs dies at age 56