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Steve Jobs
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Birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him, unnamed, up for adoption. Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. -
Atari
In 1974, Jobs took a position as a video game designer with Atari. -
Apple is Founded
In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers. The duo started in the Jobs family garage, and funded their entrepreneurial venture after Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his beloved scientific calculator. -
Apple Goes Big
In 1980, Apple Computer became a publically traded company with a market value of $1.2 billion on the very first day of trading. -
Mac vs. PC
In 1984 Apple released the Macintosh, marketing the computer as a piece of a counter culture lifestyle: romantic, youthful, creative. But despite positive sales and performance superior to IBM's PCs, the Macintosh was still not IBM compatible. Scully believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and executives began to phase him out. -
NeXT
In 1985, Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO to begin a new hardware and software company called NeXT, Inc. -
Pixar
The following year Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $50 million of his own money into the company. Pixar Studios went on to produce wildly popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar's films have netted $4 billion. The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder. -
Marriage
In the early 1990s, Jobs met Laurene Powell at Stanford business school, where Powell was an MBA student. They married on March 18, 1991, and currently live in Palo Alto, California, with their three children. -
Return to Apple
Despite Pixar's success, NeXT, Inc. floundered in its attempts to sell its specialized operating system to mainstream America. Apple eventually bought the company in 1997 for $429 million. That same year, Jobs returned to his post as Apple's CEO. -
Pancreatic Cancer
In 2003, Jobs discovered he had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare but operable form of pancreatic cancer. Instead of immediately opting for surgery, Jobs chose to alter his pescovegetarian diet while weighing Eastern treatment options. For nine months Jobs postponed surgery, making Apple's board of directors nervous. Executives feared that shareholders would pull their stocks if word got out that their CEO was ill. But in the end, Job's confidentiality took precedence over shareholder disclosure. I -
Health Issues
Early in 2009, reports circulated about Jobs' weight loss, some predicting his health issues had returned, which included a liver transplant. Jobs had responded to these concerns by stating he is dealing with a hormone imbalance. -
Keynote Address
After nearly a year out of the spotlight Steve Jobs delivered a keynote address at an invite-only Apple event September 9, 2009. -
Resignation
On August 24th, 2011, Steve Jobs sent a letter of resignation to the Apple Board of Directors. He strongly recommended that Tim Cook be his successor, and requested a position on the board.
