Steve Jobs
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| Born: | February 24, 1955 San Francisco, California |
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| Occupation: | CEO - Apple Inc.[1] Former CEO - Pixar |
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple. He was the CEO of Pixar until it was bought by The Walt Disney Company.[1] He is currently the largest shareholder at Disney[2] and, as a result, a member of Disney's Board of Directors.
He is seen as a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries.[3]
Jobs' is a Silicon Valley bussinessman most famous for his work with the company Apple Inc.. His work driving forward the development of exciting new products such as the iPod has earned him some fans.[4]
Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped make the idea of the personal computer popular in the late '70s. In the early '80s, still at Apple, Jobs was one of the first to see the commercial potential of using a mouse to use with the GUI.[5]
In 1985 Apple's board of directors got rid of Steve from the company. Jobs then started NeXT, a computer platform development company which deal with the higher education and business markets. NeXT's 1997 buyout by Apple brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and his job is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple.
[change] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apple - Press Info - Bios - Steve Jobs. Apple Inc. (May 2006). Retrieved on 20 September 2006.
- ↑ "Steve Jobs' Magic Kingdom", BusinessWeek, 2006-01-06. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
- ↑ Burrows, Peter. "Steve Jobs: He Thinks Different", BusinessWeek, 2004-11-04. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
- ↑ Cringely, Robert X.. "Steve Jobs – Apple Computer, Pixar", Inc. Magazine, 2004-04-01. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
- ↑ Kahney, Leander. "Wired News: We're All Mac Users Now", Wired News, 2004-01-06. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
[change] Other websites
- Steve Jobs' Executive Profile at Apple
- All about Steve extensive & short biographies, pictures, movies & interviews of or related to Steve Jobs.
- Anecdotes from Steve Jobs' early days in Apple as reported by Andy Hertzfeld.
- YouTube video of first Jobs' Macworld keynote in 1997, when he returned to Apple, where he announced partnership with Microsoft.
- YouTube video of Jobs' commencement address at Stanford University, June 12, 2005.
- Steve Jobs at NNDB
- Steve Jobs at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Steve Jobs Compensation
- "Thoughts on Music" by Steve Jobs, February 6, 2007
