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Early Life:Steven Jobs was born February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, Paul Jobs was a machinist and fixed cars as a hobby.
In 1961 the family moved to Mountain View, California. This area, was becoming a center for electronics. At that time people started to refer to the area as "Silicon Valley",This is because a substance called silicon is used in the manufacturing of electronic parts. As a child, Jobs preferred doing things by himself,He showed an early interest in electronics and gadgetry. He spent a lot of time working in the garage workshop of a neighbor who worked at Hewlett-Packard, an electronics manufacturer. College: In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. One semester later, he dropped out, later taking up the study of philosophy and foreign cultures.
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Apple:
In 1975 Jobs joined a group known as the Homebrew Computer Club. One member named Steve Wozniak , was trying to build a small computer,In 1976 he and Wozniak formed their own company. They called it Apple Computer Company, in memory of a happy summer Jobs had spent picking apples.
Success:
Jobs and Wozniak redesigned their computer, with the idea of selling it to individual users. The Apple II went to market in 1977, with impressive first year sales of $2.7 million. The company's sales grew to $200 million within three years. This was one of the most phenomenal cases of corporate growth in U.S. history. Jobs and Wozniak had opened an entirely new market—personal computers. Personal computers began an entirely new way of processing information.
NeXT:
Jobs resigned in 1985 from the company he had helped found, though he retained his title as chairman of its board of directors,Jobs took a few of Apple members with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in state-of-the-art computers for higher-education and business markets.
Pixar:
In 1986, Jobs acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. and renamed it Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1% until its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company on May 5, 2006. Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.Pixar, which has produced multiple blockbuster films, including Toy Story (1995); A Bug's Life (1998); Toy Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Finding Nemo (2003); and The Incredibles (2004).
His return to Apple:
In 1997, Apple merged with NeXT. Within a few months of the merger, Jobs became CEO of his former company, and he served as CEO from 1997 until 2011.
Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011 and subsequently assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.
Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011 and subsequently assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.
Death:
On October 5, 2011, Apple Inc. announced that its co-founder had passed away. After battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade, Steve Jobs died in Palo Alto. He was 56 years old.