Steve Jobs By Robin55 Apr 1, 1976 Apple was founded Apple was founded Apr 17, 1977 Apple makes a sensation with a prototype Apple || Dec 12, 1980 Apple goes public and make Steve Jobs makes millions Jan 24, 1984 Macintosh is launched Sep 17, 1985 Steve Jobs Starts a Company called Next Jan 30, 1986 Steve Jobs buys what is now Pixar for $10 million Apr 30, 1989 Steve Jobs shuts down all operations for Pixar Feb 17, 1993 NeXT fires 300 employees as it discontinues all its hardware operations and becomes NeXT Software Inc Jul 16, 1997 Steve Jobs is named interim CEO in his place and installs his NeXT executive team at the top of Apple Jul 17, 2002 Steve Jobs introduces the first Windows compatible iPads Aug 24, 2011 Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple Oct 5, 2011 Steve Jobs dies