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Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computers with a $250,000 investment from Mike Markkula
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The Apple 1 computer goes on sale by the summer for $666.66.
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Steve left apple and soon after started NeXT, a company that tried to build a computer to revolutionize higher education.
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For 10 million dollars, buys the Graphics Group division of Lucasfilm that becomes Pixar Animation Studios.
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Apple releases the Powerbook 100 Series of laptops.
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Apple introduces the Power Macintosh computers.
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Steve returns to Apple, as an advisor, after it buys NeXT for $429 million.
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Apple introduces the Appe Store, which lets comsumers custom-order Apple products directly from the company online.
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Apple releases the iBook.
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Apple introduces the first iPod. Over 300 million have been sold since.
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Apple launches the iTunes Music Store. Within a week it sold over a million songs.
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Steve Jobs undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer.
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Apple expands the iPod line with the tiny Nano and an iPod that can play video.
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The MacBook Pro and Apple TV are released.
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The first iPhone is released.
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The MacBook Air is released.
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The iPhone 3Gs is released.
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The iPad is released selling over 15 million in the first nine months.
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Apple announces that Jobs is resigning as the CEO of Apple.
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Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56.