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STEVE JOBS

  • Birth

    Birth

    Steven was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He is then adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.
  • Movement

    Movement

    The family moved to Mountain View, California
  • First Job

    First Job

    13-year-old Steve Jobs gets a summer job at the HP factory.
  • Phone calls

    Phone calls

    Steve and Woz build and illegally sell 'blue boxes' that allow to make phone calls for free
  • The First Step

    The First Step

    Woz and Steve show the early Apple I board at the Homebrew Computer Club
  • Apple Inc.

    Apple Inc.

    Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne
  • On the Way

    On the Way

    Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with a prototype Apple II
  • A Flop

    A Flop

    Apple launches the Apple III, which will prove a disastrous flop
  • A Threat

    A Threat

    IBM launches the IBM PC, the biggest threat to Apple's future yet
  • NeXT

    NeXT

    Steve Jobs resigns from Apple and starts NeXT with five other refugees from Apple. Apple announces it will sue NeXT
  • Cheap NeXT

    Cheap NeXT

    Steve introduces the cheaper NeXT Station in San Francisco, to boost the modest sales of NeXT hardware
  • PIXAR

    PIXAR

    Pixar signs a deal with Disney to make a computer-animated feature film
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story

    Jeffrey Katzenberg puts a halt to the development of Toy Story because of creative disagreements
  • Success

    Success

    One week after Toy Story is out, Pixar goes public. Steve Jobs's worth rises to $1.5 billion, more than it ever was during his first tenure at Apple
  • UNITED

    UNITED

    Apple, which was desperately looking for a modern operating system to buy, eventually buys NeXT for $400 million. Steve Jobs is named "informal adviser" to Apple CEO Gil Amelio
  • Cooperation

    Cooperation

    Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new board of directors and a truce with Microsoft at Macworld Boston
  • New World

    New World

    Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G3 and the color iMacs at Macworld San Francisco
  • Another Flop

    Another Flop

    The Power Mac G4 Cube is unveiled at Macworld NY. It will be discontinued one year later because of disappointing sales
  • More Success

    More Success

    Steve Jobs introduces the first Windows-compatible iPods at Macworld NY
  • Nemo

    Nemo

    Opening day of Finding Nemo, Pixar’s first Best Animated Feature Academy Award winner
  • ipod

    ipod

    Steve unveils the iPod mini and the iLife suite at Macworld. The iPod mini will soon become the world's best-selling MP3 player and truly establish Apple as a consumer electronics powerhouse
  • Not Good

    Not Good

    Apple releases its first living-room product, the iPod hi-fi, discontinued a year and a half later
  • The EXtreme Success

    The EXtreme Success

    iPhone is released in the US, the same day as Pixar’s 8th feature film, Ratatouille
  • 3G

    3G

    The press starts speculating about Steve Jobs's health as he appears very thin to unveil the iPhone 3G with an entry price of $199 on stage at WWDC
  • THE END

    THE END

    Steve Jobs dies at home, surrounded by his family