Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, inventor, and influential tech visionary. Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple, he also served as the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Known for igniting the personal computer revolution alongside Steve Wozniak, Jobs' innovative streak reshaped multiple industries. Born in San Francisco and adopted shortly after birth, Jobs' journey led him from college dropout to co-founder of Apple, launching the groundbreaking Apple I and II computers and later the Macintosh. After a power struggle in 1985, he left Apple, only to return in 1997, leading the company's revival and the creation of culture-shifting products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Jobs also contributed to the animation industry through Pixar, resulting in numerous celebrated films. Despite battling a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, Jobs continued to innovate until his death in 2011, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.

The iconic co-founder of Apple Inc., is widely acclaimed for revolutionizing the tech industry. His key accomplishments include launching the Apple I and II, pioneering graphical user interfaces with the Macintosh, and being ousted from Apple in 1985. His creation of NeXT led to fundamental internet technology, and his acquisition of Pixar changed animation forever. On returning to Apple in 1997, he resurrected it from near bankruptcy, introducing groundbreaking products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. His innovative spirit transformed how we use technology, profoundly shaping our digital-centric world before his death in 2011.

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976. After the company's board of directors fired him in 1985, he founded NeXT the same year and purchased Pixar in 1986, becoming its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO, where he was closely involved with the creation and promotion of many of the company's most influential products until his resignation in 2011.

• Together, the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the production and sale of the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers.
• The Macintosh launched the desktop publishing industry in 1985 (for example, the Aldus PageMaker) with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics and PostScript.
• Pixar produced the first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story (1995), and became a leading animation studio, producing dozens of commercially successful and critically acclaimed films.
• In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.