Steve jobs

1st assembling of apple computers

Apr 16, 1976

Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses' garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists, including 50 for the Byte Shop

Apple goes public

Dec 12, 1980

Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million

pepsiCo becomes Apples CEO

Apr 8, 1983

PepsiCo CEO John Sculley becomes Apple's CEO after having been wooed by Steve Jobs for several months

Steve Jobs introduces the iPod

Oct 23, 2001

After an 8-month crash development program, Steve Jobs unveils iPod at a small media event on the company's campus. He has no idea how it will tranform Apple

Jobs creates the iphone

Jan 9, 2007

Steve Jobs introduces iPhone and its revolutionary touch-screen interface. He also introduces Apple TV and announces the company's name change from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. to better reflect its new nature

Steve jobs dies

Oct 5, 2011

Steve Jobs dies at home, surrounded by his family