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The creator and founder of Apple and NeXT Inc.Born in 1955 in
SanFransisco, Carlifornia.He was the son to Jandali who sent him for
adoption to Paul and Clara Jobs at an early age because his fiancee's
family objected their relationship.The Jobs family moved to Mountain
View, Carlifornia where they settled down.
Education and interests
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His adopted father was a mechanic who introduced Jobs to electronics
which he developed interest in. He was a student at Reed University
where he studied calligraphy and auditing but due to expensive fees,
he dropped out.He began work as a technician in Atari Inc. in 1974 for
two years.
Companies founded
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He joined hands with Witkonsin, a computer wizard and long time friend
since high school, to establish Apple Inc. company at his parent's
garage in 1976.
In 1984, the Macintosh was created by Apple. Job claimed that
calligraphy was the main tool that drove its successful design
implementation.
Founded the NeXT Inc. in 1985 after being fired by Apple's board of directors.
In 1986 he bought Pixar Films which are the creators of Toy Story,
Incredibles, Bug's Life and other movies until today.
In 1996, Apple bought Next Inc. for approx. $400 million and
appointed Jobs as its CEO in order to return it to profibability.
Note:After being ousted from the company Apple had run into losses
under poor leadership.
Apple and Steve Jobs
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Jobs as its CEO, then led the company to profitability.His first
product came from his former company NEXT Inc. which invented the MAC
OSX software that netted profits.Other products were iPhone, iPad,
iTunes which engineered the company to a stronger position in the
market with higher profits up to the present time.
Pixar and Disney
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In 2006, Steve Jobs sold Pixar to Disney for $8billion and held 7% in
shares to the company in addition with an appointment as one of the
Board of Directors in Walt Disney.
Health
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He was diagnosed with the brain tumour in 2003 for which he underwent
surgery.In 2009, Jobs had a liver transplant that led to furher
deterioration of his health.He later died of tumour on October 5th
2011.
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