Steve Jobs- 2011 By payaltailor Apr 17, 1977 Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with a prototype Apple II Dec 12, 1980 Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million Apr 8, 1983 PepsiCo CEO John Sculley becomes Apple's CEO after having been wooed by Steve Jobs for several months Sep 17, 1985 Steve Jobs resigns from Apple and starts NeXT with five other refugees from Apple. Apple announces it will sue NeXT Sep 13, 1989 Steve introduces the cheaper NeXT Station in San Francisco, to boost the modest sales of NeXT hardware Mar 18, 1991 Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite under the blessing of Steve's old zen guru Kobin Chino. Laurene is already pregnant Jan 8, 1998 At Macworld San Francisco, Steve Jobs announces that Apple is profitable again, thanks to sales of the new Power Macintosh computers Jul 21, 1999 The original iBook is unveiled at Macworld New York with the tagline iMac to go. Steve Jobs invites Noah Wyle on stage to impersonate him again Oct 23, 2001 After an 8-month crash development program, Steve Jobs unveils iPod at a small media event on the company's campus. Apr 28, 2003 Apple opens the revolutionary online iTunes Music Store in the US, after negotiating landmark deals with all major music labels Oct 16, 2003 Steve Jobs introduces iTunes for Windows and further demonstrates Apple's growing lead over its competitors in the digital music business Jan 15, 2008 At Macworld 2008, Steve Jobs introduces MacBook Air, with the tagline 'the world's thinnest notebook'.
