Steve Jobs
The genius that designed the future.
"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do"
WHO HE WAS
Steve Jobs was a known innovator that lived in the mid 20th and the beggining of the 21st century. Being the founder of some really successfull companies like the famous computer company Apple Inc., he was known to be a genius, with a tendency of being a perfectonist. The products that carry his personal signature (including the iOS devices and the Mac computers) are famous for their design and their productivity.
20
DEC
1996
1
APR
1976
He and Stephen Wozniak with the help of Mike Markkula and Robert Wayne found the company "Apple Computer".
Early 1973
24
FEB
1955
Gets fired from Apple.
Drops out of the Reed College.
Born in San Francisco.
DATES
31
MAY
1985
Apple announces the merging with Job's new company, NeXT, bringing him back to Apple Inc.
5 OCT
2011
Jobs passes away due to the recurrence of his rare form of pancreatic cancer.
Steve gets fired from his own company, Apple Inc.
24
FEB
1955
Early 1973
Jobs and Wozniak found a new company, "Apple Computers".
1 APR 1976
20 DEC 1996
Apple Inc, has been one of the most famous technology companies, among Microsoft and Google. Founded by Steve Jobs, Apple originally produced computers and workstations, adding later on the production of mobile devices (phones, tablets and smart watches).
NeXT was a computers company founded by Steve Jobs in 1985. NeXT is considered an attempt by Steve Jobs to re-gain Apple, since it was founded 3 months after Steve Jobs was fired from Apple. It was eventually bought by Apple and merged into it, with Jobs once again becoming part of Apple.
Pixar is an animation film company, which was originally a part of Lucas Film, only to become independent and to be bought again later on, this time by Walt Disney. Steve Jobs had been it's main funder, and the whole company's inspiration, as it was him who named it "Pixar".