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Born
Born in San Francisco and was ready to be adopted by Paul and Clara jobs -
Move to Paulo Alto
Job's family moves to Palo Alto -
Steve Wozniak
Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak. -
1972
Steve and Woz build and sell illegally blue boxes to Berkeley students. -
Drop out
Steve spends one semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out. -
Apple garage
Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobs' garage, and sell them for hobbie -
Apple incorporation
Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne. -
Hire Mike Scott
Mike Markkula invests in Apple and hires Mike Scott as CEO. Woz is forced to leave HP -
First mass-market
The Apple II becomes the first mass-market personal computer, -
Pixar + Discover
Jobs buys a division of George Lucas' ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar.Aug. Pixar unveils John Lasseter’s short film Luxo Jr. at SIGGRAPH.Steve discovers his biological mother and sister, novelist Mona Simpson. -
New invention
Apple is profitable again.Steve Jobs introduces Apple's revolutionary iMac. -
Shut down Pixar
Steve shuts down all of Pixar’s hardware operations. -
Marriage
Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell.May Pixar signs a deal with Disney to make a computer-animated feature film.Fall Laurene gives birth to Steve’s first son, Reed Paul. -
Ending
Jan. 5 Steve Jobs takes a medical leave of absence for six months.Apr. Steve has surgery for a liver transplant.Aug. 3 Google CEO Eric Schmidt leaves Apple's board because of conflicting interests due to Android.Aug. 28 Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, stripped off any code from the original Mac OS.Sep. 9 Steve Jobs makes his first public appearance of the year at an Apple Music Event. -
Ipad
Steve Jobs unveils iPad, the much-anticipated Apple tablet -
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Resign from Apple
Steve jobs resines from Apple because of his cancer