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On February 24, 1955, Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco California -
In 1971, Steve Jobs meets his future co-founder Steve Wozniak while he was in high school. They hit it off because of their shared love for electronics. -
Steve Jobs went to Reed College in 1972, and dropped out a semester later. -
Steve Jobs worked with Steve Wozniak in Job's garage to start the company "Apple." This year they also sold the first Apple product, the Apple I. -
The first available personal computer is released with a plastic case and colored graphics. This was Apples first successful personal computer. -
Steve Jobs decides to leave the company Apple in 1985, due to not being given the credit/titles he wanted. Started a new computer firm called NeXT. -
In 1986, Steve Jobs bought Pixar animation studios. -
Steve Jobs had kept in touch with Apple a little throughout the years, but in 1996, he rejoined Apple because the CEO who was in charge, was leaving and Jobs offered to come back. -
In 1997, Jobs introduced the Apple Store where customers can order custom electronics from online -
In 2001, Jobs introduced the Apple IPod, telling that you can listen to music from your playlist anywhere you go. -
In April of 2003, the ITunes music store is opened to the US. Apple sold 10 billion songs over the next 7 years. -
In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the IPhone, which is what 45% of people in the US use today. -
In 2011, Steve Jobs stepped down from being the CEO of Apple due to his health -
On October 5th, Steve Jobs lost his battle to pancreatic cancer. He passed away in Palo Alto, CA surrounded by his loved ones. -
When Jobs passed away, Apple was worth roughly 350 billion. By 2016, Apple was worth well over half a trillion dollars. Present day Apple is worth a little over 2 trillion dollars.