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Steven Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California
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Passed high school and enrolled in Reed College, but dropped out 6 months in so he could pursue creative classes
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His first move perfessionally was a technician at Arti Inc. in Los Gatos, California
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Along with Wozniak he founded Apple Computer Company
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He bought the Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm's computer graphics division. ‘Toy Story’ was the first animation film that was released after the acquirement.
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He returned to his own co-founded company as a de facto chief in the company and was formally named interim chief executive.
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He became the permanent CEO of Apple,
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The company sortied into the world of music with the introduction of iPod, iTunes digital music software and iTunes Store.
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With Disney’s purchase of Pixar, he became the largest shareholder of Walt Disney Company with approximately 7% of the company’s stock.
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he forayed into cellular phone business with the launch of iPhone and rest as they say is history.