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Birth of Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was born in Feburary 24, 1955. -
Meeting Steve Wozniak
Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak, through a mutual friend. Wozniak and Steve both shared a love of electronics, Bob Dylan, and many pranks. -
Attending Reed College
Steve spends the fall semester at Reed College in Oregon. He later then drops out. Since he did, he stayed on campus and attended the classes that interested him for a while, then moved to a hippie commune. -
A Job as a Video Game Maker
Steve gets his first job at a video game maker, Atari.Later on he makes a trip to India to 'seek enlightenment' with his college friend Dan Kottke. -
The Beginning of Apple Computers
At the age of 21, Jobs and Wozniak, a friend he met in a computer club, started the Apple Computers. It all started in the Jobs family garage. In order to fund their experiments, Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his scientific calculator. -
Separation from Steve and Apple
In 1984, Apple released the Macintosh, a computer that was said to be a piece of a cultural lifestyle: romantic, youthful, and creative. But despite positive sales and performance, the Macintosh was still not IBM (International Building Mahines) compatible. Scully believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and administrators began to move him out from the company. -
Job's Pixar Animation Studios
Jobs abandoned Apple to start a new hardware and software company called NeXT, Inc. Later, Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing that Pixar's had a lot of potential, Jobs invested $50 million of his own money into the company. Pixar Studios went on to create popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar's films have netted $4 billion. The studio merged with -
Job's Gets Married
Steve Jobs got married to Laurence Powell in 1991 -
Job's Success
One week after Toy Story was out, Pixar goes decided to go public. Steve Jobs's worth rises to $1.5 billion, more than he got payed while he worked for Apple. -
Rebuilding Apple
Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new board of directors and a truce with Microsoft at Macworld Boston. From there, they start to rebuild Apple. -
Job's Tumor
In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. -
Introducing the Motorola ROCKR
Steve introduces the Motorola ROCKR, an iTunes-compatible cell phone, along with the iPod nano -
Working for Disney
Jobs invited Disney’s new CEO, Bob Iger, on stage at an Apple Music Event where he introduced the new iPod videos and the iTunes movie store. -
The First Living--Room Product
The Apple company releases its first living-room product, the iPod hi-fi, which discontinued a year and a half later. -
Releasing the iPhone in the US
The iPhone is released in the US, the same day as Disney Pixar’s 8th featured film, Ratatouille. -
Introducing the MacBook Air
At Macworld 2008, Steve Jobs introduces MacBook Air. It had a tagline stating 'the world's thinnest notebook'. Three years later, it redefined all of Apple's notebook product line -
Release of the First iPad
After months of many rumors, Steve Jobs reveals the first iPad quoting, 'the biggest thing Apple's ever done'. The iPad runs wtih the same operating system as iPhone -
Release of iPhone 4
One month after the release of iPhone 4, Jobs helds a press conference to address the smartphone's reception issues, called 'Antennagate'. -
Release of iPad 2
Despite his medical condition, Steve Jobs takes the stage to reveal the new iPad 2. -
A New Apple CEO
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, with the words, "I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come." Tim Cook later then becomes the new Apple CEO. -
Death of Jobs
Steve Jobs dies at home due to pancreatic cancer with his family surrounding him. -
Steve Jobs Gets a Book Written About Him
After two years of work, and forty interviews with Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson publishes his biography of the Apple and Pixar co-founder, Steve Jobs.
