Steve Jobs - 2012

Stephen Paul Jobs is Born

Feb 24, 1955

Born to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah "John" Jandal. Later adopted by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs.

Jobs Enrolls in Reed College and Drops out after a semester

Aug 20, 1972

Would later stay and drop in on classes for the next 18 months while sleeping in friends rooms.

Apple Computers is founded

Apr 1, 1976

With Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

Apple II is Introduced

Apr 16, 1977

It is the first personal computer to generate color graphics. Revenue reaches $1 million.

Steve's ex-girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan gives birth to their daugher Lisa.

May 17, 1978

Steve refuses to acknowledge he is the father

Apple launches the Apple III

May 1, 1980

Is a disastrous flop

Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth

Dec 12, 1980

Increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple and starts NeXT

Sep 17, 1985

Apple announces it will sue NeXT. The company creates high end computers for companies and universities.

Jobs buys the computer division of George Lucas for $10 million Pixar

Jan 30, 1986

Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite

Mar 18, 1991

She is already pregnant with Steve's child.

Jobs becomes President & CEO of Pixar Animation Studios

Feb 10, 1995

When Pixar goes public it raised his net worth to 1.5 billion

Jobs returns to Apple as the interim CEO

Mar 19, 1997

Apple releases the IMAC

Dec 21, 1998

Its sales allow apple to become profitable again.

ITUNE Music Store is released

Jan 9, 2003

iTunes Music Store with 200,000 songs. It sells 1 million songs in the first week.

Jobs undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer.

Sep 19, 2004

Jobs undergoes surgery for a rare but curable form of pancreatic cancer. Apple discloses his illness after the fact.

Apple Releases the IPHONE

Oct 22, 2007

Jobs resigns as Apple CEO and become chairman

Aug 24, 2011

Steve Jobs Dies

Oct 5, 2011