Steve Jobs: A Timeline By waltonkb Feb 24, 1955 Birth of Steve Jobs in San Francisco, California Apr 1, 1976 Founding of Apple in parents' garage Jan 24, 1984 Launch of first Macintosh computer in famous "1984" Super Bowl commercial Sep 17, 1985 Resigns from Apple and founded NeXT Computer, Inc. 1997 Apple acquires NeXT, Steve Job returns to Apple and becomes CEO Oct 23, 2001 Apple introduces the iPod Jan 9, 2007 Apple introduces the iPhone Jan 27, 2010 Apple introduces the iPad Oct 5, 2011 Steve Job dies at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer