Steve Jobs- 2011 By dnaidu1 Feb 24, 1955 Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California Aug 26, 1973 Jobs spends the semester at Reed College, and then drops out. Apr 1, 1976 Apple Computers Inc is incorporated by Steve Jobs Dec 12, 1978 Steve's ex-girlfriend gives birth to their daughter, Lisa. Dec 12, 1980 Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' wealth. Sep 17, 1985 Steve resigns from Apple, and starts NeXt with Apple refugees. Jan 30, 1986 Jobs buys Pixar from George Lucas' ILM. Aug 6, 1998 Steve Jobs releases Apple's Imac in Cupertino. Jan 5, 2000 Steve Jobs gets rid of the interim in his CEO title, and then becomes the CEO of Apple. Oct 23, 2001 Steve Jobs unveils iPod at a small media event on the company's campus.