Steve Jobs

The Man in the Machine

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Steve Jobs introduces MacBook Air

Steve Jobs Timeline

  • 1955 - Born in San Francisco, California.
  • 1972 - Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
  • 1975 - Starts working on Apple I Computer together with Steve Wozniak.
  • 1976 - Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
  • 1976 - Apple I went on sale.
  • 1983 - Macintosh is launched at Apple's annual shareholder meeting.
  • 1985 - Jobs left Apple and started a new computer firm NeXT.
  • 1986 - Buys Pixar Animation Studios.
  • 1991 - Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powel.
  • 1993 - Toy Story work is haulted and becomes NeXT Software Inc.
  • 1996 - Apple buys NeXT $400M.
  • 2000 - Steve Jobs is back as CEO at Apple Inc.
  • 2001 - First iPod is introduced and Apple opens retail stores.
  • 2007 - Introduces iPhone, Apple TV and iPod Touch.
  • 2007 - Apple Computer becomes Apple Inc.
  • 2009 - Jobs takes medical leave for six months and has surgery for liver transplant.
  • 2010 - Introduces iPad, iPhone 4, iPad Touch 4G and new MacBook Air.
  • 2011 - Resigned his position as CEO of Apple.
  • 2011 - On 5th of October 2011 Steve Jobs passes away.
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Creativity is just connecting things. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
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You can read more about his life on his Wikipedia entry.