CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California to biological parents Joanne Carole Schieble, and a Syrian immigrant Abdulfattah Jandali but was given up for adoption and cared for by Carla and Paul Jobs who raised him in Los Altos, California located within miles from where the Apple head quarters is founded. At the age of 23 some people considered Jobs to be a long haired nerd, but the end results showed him to be the future of technical trend setters.
Steve Jobs incorporated the Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He dropped out of college and established a computer company in his parents garage on April 1st, 1976. Jobs himself would later tell an interviewer, "I wasn't a jock. I was a loner for the most part." Without the skills of technical training or the actual experience, Steve Jobs was a visionary who had a notion and believed computers could be a bicycle for our minds. He was exactly right! He built the second largest company in the world despite the competition from Microsoft, Sony, Google and even International Business Corporations in computers. He was a man of confidence. www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-beginning-19551985-10062011.html
In the world of business Steve Jobs may have the greatest come back record in history. After being fired from Apple Computers in 1985 (over a power struggle) Jobs brought a animation studio and established a company called NeXT. In 1997 Apple purchased NeXT which put Jobs back in the drivers seat of the company he helped found and begin to becoming world renowned. Jobs transformed the world and recreated the way people used technology. Apple Computers became profitable once again releasing a number of inventions way beyond computer technology.
Jobs introduced the iMac in 1998. It was cool, collective exquisite and a big deal with the in crowd.
Steve eliminated the title computer from the company (Apple) in 2007 around the same time he revealed the iPhone. Apple iPhone became the worlds best selling smart phone in the second quarter of 2011. His net worth was at least $6.7 billion with 7.4 percent stake with Disney which worth is $4.4 billion, and $5.5 billion shares of Apple worth $2.1 billion.
On August 24th, 2011 he turned in his resignation. Jobs stated, "I have always said that if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know,"Jobs said in a statement."Unfortunately that day has come." On October 6th, 2011 Apple CEO Steve Jobs passed away from a neuroendocrine tumor a form of pancreatic cancer which he was diagnosed with in 2004. www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-06/jobs-who-built-most-valuable-technology-company-dies-at-56.html
In the memorable words of Steve Jobs, "Everyone should live with a purpose and everyone is afraid to die; even those who believe in heaven." Rest in Peace to Steve Jobs...Tribute to Falling Soldiers.
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