Steve Jobs By TS3646 1976 Apple Computers is founded and the Apple I is developed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs 1977 The Apple II, with a sleeker design and a keyboard, becomes a success. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Jobs 1983 Jobs asks John Sculley to become CEO of Apple https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/john-sculley-on-steve-jobs-and-the-future-of-media-marketing-fintech-and-health-care/ 1985 Jobs is fired from his position in Apple after the failures of the Lisa and Macintosh and a dispute with Sculley. https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-apple-fired-returned-2017-7 1985 Jobs founds NeXT and helps oversee it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT Feb 3, 1986 Jobs invests 5 million dollars in Pixar and becomes chairman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar#Independent_company 1997 NeXT is acquired by Apple, and Steve rejoins, as interim CEO. http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1873486_1873491_1873461,00.html 2003 Jobs is diagnosed with a rare, surgically treatable form of pancreatic cancer. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924574/#:~:text=Jobs%20was%20diagnosed%20with%20a,often%20rapidly%20fatal%20pancreatic%20adenocarcinoma Aug 24, 2011 Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple and becomes a chairman. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/08/24Letter-from-Steve-Jobs/#:~:text=I%20hereby%20resign%20as%20CEO,Cook%20as%20CEO%20of%20Apple Oct 5, 2011 Steve Jobs dies due to complications stemming from his pancreatic cancer. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html