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Steven Paul Jobs An American guy who was born on February 24,
1955 in San Francisco, California whom we now call Steve Jobs
the co-founder of Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak. Jobs, the
inventor of the series of iPhone and iPad and the only idea in his head
was computers in the hands of everyday people.
Who among us doesnt know about Apple and its products which
magnified the technology like anything? And the mastermind behind
this technology evolution is none other than Steve Jobs as we all
know. So I am very sure, those who love Apple products and the Jobs
admirers would love to know about his story and the path he walked to
reach the level where we found him. In this article you will go through
the journey of Jobs.
Early stage of career and life
Jobss biological parents were Abdul Fattah Jandali and Joann Caro
Schieble but he was adopted later on by Clara and Paul Jobs and
hence they named him as Steven Paul Jobs. As his father Paul was
machinist so Jobs used to help him in their own garage electronics
work and this is what taught him how to reconstruct the field of
electronics and gradually his keen interest turned into his hobby and
lead him to the path of inventing and creating something new. Jobs had
always been the owner of a smart and intelligent mind.
In his junior school, he was known for his innovative pranks and extra-
ordinary skills of carrying out experiments. Then came the important
point of his life, he joined Homestead High School and he met Steve
Wozniak his future partner of Apple. Wozniak at that time was
attending the University of California, Berkeley. Surprisingly they both
had outstanding knowledge and interests in electronics and in this way
they got their common thread.
Apple Computer The evolution
Steve and Wozniak in the early days of apple
After schooling, Jobs got admission at Reed College,Portland,Oregon.
But he lost interest and dropped college right after 6 months. For the
next 18 months he joined a course of calligraphy. In 1974, Jobs visited
Atari where he got a job as video game designer in a firm. But
suddenly he left that firm as he found himself into spiritual
enlightenment in India. He was in continuous touch with Wozniak
however and hence when he was 21, they started Apple Computers in
the year of 1976. They financed their entrepreneurship through the
family garage Jobs had and selling the scientific calculator Wozniak
had.
And the journey started they started making machines which were
smaller, cheaper, user-friendly and innovative. At that time they sold
their personal computers for $666.66 each and earned a profit of
around $774.00. The company started growing and then Apple
Computers had its market value of $1.2 billion by the end of 4 years
from the start of the company. Jobs at that time was handling the
marketing department of Apple but then he became the CEO and
handed over the marketing department to John Sculley who was the
marketing expert of Pepsi-cola.
Goodbye to Apple computers
Then a phase arrived when Apple suffered from huge losses due to
several flaws in its products which consequently disappointed the
clients and customers of Apple. Moreover, at that time Apple had to
compete with the IBM/PC as it completely dominated the tech market.
Apple tried to launch more user-friendly, innovative and youth
demanding computers but failed to compete with IBM and satisfy the
consumers. Now, Sculley certainly blamed Jobs for the loss incurred by
Apple. And then Jobs was criticized for all the flaws encountered in
their products and business and almost all the company executives
accused him for the degradation of the firm.
So, it compelled him to detach his ties with Apple and he resigned in
1985. After that, he started his individual firm of hardware and
software products which he named a NeXT,Inc. In that year only, he
bought n animation company and named it as Pixar Animation Studios.
Jobs invested his own money in Pixar and Pixar got collaborated with
Walt Disney in 2006 and Jobs was then Disneys largest shareholder.
Come back as the CEO again
Though NeXT, Inc., and Pixar had great success but even then Apple
managed to take over and buy the companies for $429 million. They
offered Jobs again for being the CEO of Apple, this time, a whole new
management team was there in Apple and they believed Jobs was the
most deserving CEO of Apple.
And then? Jobs made Apple come back with a blast again with its
stylish innovative products like iMac.
Steve Jobs launching first ever iPhone
The tumor Phase
In 2003, Jobs got to know that he had a neuroendocrine tumor which
was nothing but a form of pancreatic cancer. However he didnt opt for
surgery, rather he preferred pure vegetarian healthy diet and some
natural treatments for it. In this way, he kept delaying the operation for
9 months which even bothered the company executives as it may
effect the company shares if the shareholders came to know that the
company CEO was ill. But finally Jobs had a surgery in 2004 and the
tumor was removed.
Jobs and his personal life
Jobs was kind of a very reserved person and he never disclosed his
personal life. But it was disclosed somehow that he had
a girlfriend named Chrisann Brennnan whom he left for the sake of
his career and fully focus on the invention of Apple and its growth.
Chrisann claimed that Jobs fathered her daughter at the age of 23 but
Jobs denied this claim and had no relation with his daughter until she
was 7 years old. But then Chrisann was struggling financially, so her
daughter started living with her father Jobs finally.
In 1990, he married Lauren Powell and then they started living with
their three children.
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Steve Jobs and his wife
Innovations in Apple and Jobs Exit
By the passage of time, Apple invented MacBook Air, iPod, and iPhone
which set fire on the evolution of technology. Apple simply
caught eyes of all the consumers and using Apples products in todays
world in kind of sophistication.
In 2008, iTunes and iPad sales were the biggest in America and Apple
acquired no. 1 position in fortune magazines list of America.
And then came October 5, 2011, when the largest shareholder, co-
founder, and CEO of Apple Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56 .
He gave a huge contribution to technology. He is no more but his
contribution and quotes are still here with us.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it
works. ~ Steve Jobs
