Steve Jobs

1955 - 2011

Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era. He was an American enterpreneur, inventor, business magnate, media proprietor and investor. He was the co-founder, the chairman and the CEO of Apple. He was also the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of the Walt Disney Comapny's board of directors and the founder, chairman and CEO of NeXT.

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Feburary 1955
Steve jobs was born on 24th Feburary 1955 in San Fransisco, California.
December 1973
Steve jobs starts attending the Reed College which he laters drops out and strats to travell around India until 1974.
January 1975
After coming back from travelling through India. Steve Jobs started working on Apple I computer with Steve Wozniak.
April 1976
On the 1st of the april in 1976 Apple was incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne.
July 1976
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976. About 200 were produced and all but 25 were sold within 9 or 10 months.
January 1984
Mancintosh is launched at Apple's annual shareholder meeting.
July 1985
Steve Jobs leaves Apple and started a new computer firm NeXT.
December 1986
Steve Jobs buys Pixar Animation Studios.
March 1991
Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powel.
December 1996
Apple buys NeXT for 400M Dollars.
Januaray 2000
Steve Jobs is back as CEO at Apple.
October 2001
First iPod is introduced and Apple opens retail stores.
May 2005
Steve Jobs gives commencemnet speech at stanford University. In the same year Steve jobs unveils iWork, the mac mini, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X 10.4.
June 2007
Introduction of iPhone, Apple TV and iPod Touch.
January 2009
Steve Jobs takes medical leave for six months and has surgery for liver transplant.
January 2010
Jobs introduces iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G and new Macbook Air.
August 2011
Steve Jobs resigned his position as CEO of Apple.
October 2011
On 5th october 2011 steve jobs passes away.