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At 14, Jobs met Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was five years older, but the two shared a love for electronics.
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Apple Computer is formed. Wozniak and Jobs create a new computer circuit board in a Silicon Valley garage. The Apple I computer goes on sale by the summer for $666.66.
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Apple is incorporated by its founders and a group of venture capitalists. It unveils Apple II, the first personal computer to generate color graphics. Sales soar to the rate of $1 million a year.
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Apple goes public, raising $110 million in one of the biggest initial public offerings to date.
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In December 1996, Apple purchased the NeXT operating system and brought Jobs back onboard as an advisor. He returns to his former role as CEO in July 1997
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The now successful Apple released the first iPod in 2001. Jobs had no idea how much it would change the company or technology.
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In January 2007, Jobs introduced the item most closely associated with Apple today: the iPhone. The iPhone 3G followed in 2008.
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In 2010, Jobs announced the release of the first tablet, the iPad, and an improved iPhone, the iPhone 4.
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Jobs resigned from Apple, handing the reigns to Tim Cook. His health had worsened
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Steve Jobs died at home, surrounded by his family.