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Birth
Steven P. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. -
Steve meets Steve Woziniak.
Steve meets Steve Woziniak. -
school
Steve spends one semester at Reed Collate, Oregon then drops out. -
Apple I
Steve and Woz start making Apple I computers in the Jobs’ garage. -
Apple I
Steve and Woz show the early Apple I board at the Homebrew Computer club. In April, Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Woziniak and Ron Wayne. -
Apple II
Mike Markkula invests in Apple and Woz is forced to leave. Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with the prototype of the Apple II -
Apple II
Apple III is launched and then increases Steve Jobs net worth to over $200 million. -
Lisa Computer
The Lisa computer (named after daughter born in 1978) goes on sale but is pulled out 2 years later. -
NeXT
Steve quits his job at Apple and says will sue Steve’s new job the NeXT. -
Pixar
Job buys a division of ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar. -
NeXT
Ross Perot invests $20 million in NeXT making it worth $ 125 million. -
NeXT computer
The first NeXT computer goes on sale. -
PowerBook
Apple and IBM Corp. unveil the portable Mac called the PowerBook. -
Power Macintosh
Apple shows the Power Macintosh. -
CEO
Steve Jobs is CEO at Apple again. -
iMac Desktop
Apple comes out with the candy colored iMac desktop. -
First iPod
The first iPod comes out and iTunes software is introduced. -
iTunes
Apple announces the iTunes music store. -
Surgery
Jobs has surgery for his cancer. -
iPod Nano
Apple adds the iPod Nano and an iPod that can play videos. -
Disney
Jobs join Disney board because Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion. -
iPhone
The iPhone is released. Jobs is inducted in the California Hall of fame. -
Transplant
Steve takes a leave of absence for six months for medical purposes.
Steve has liver transplant. -
iPad
Steve Jobs reveals the iPad. Apple sells 15 million. -
Death
Job dies at the age of 56.