10 Things You Might Not Know About Steve Jobs. (Must REad) 1.

He was an Assyrian According to his records, he was born and raised in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955 but technically, he was an Assyrian since his real father was a professor of Political Science. Since he was just adopted by the parents who took care of him from birth to his growing years, what runs in his blood was the blood of his real parents. His Father was a Muslim Assyrian that could even tel l that he was a Muslim by blood. 2. He was Dyslexic We might wonder that the primary reason why he did not continue finishing his co llege degree at Reed College is because of his condition. Yes, He had dyslexia, which explains that he had a learning disability that affects his ability to rea d. How about Albert Einstein? He was a known genius in history but had dyslexia too. It could even be attributed that it is not a learning disability but over i ntellectual ability because of the many discoveries and creation, that he had do ne that made Apple famous and undisputed. 3. He was a Buddhist He was not a member of any Christian denomination but he was a Buddhist himself. In fact, he even tried to serve as a monk during his younger years. Everything happened after he dropped from Reed College, he decided to have a trip in India. When he came back, his head was shaved and was even experimenting LSD, which he said was a turning point of his life. 4. He was adopted His biological parents had decided to give him away since they were not ready to fulfill parental responsibilities so they asked the parents who adopted Steve t o make sure that they were college graduates just to ensure Steve s future. They l ived to his real parents because they never got any degree. But from his biologi cal parents, he has a sister named Mona Simpson who is a famous and known noveli st. 5. He saw an Actual Computer at Age 12 He became exposed in the computer industry when Larry Lang from Hewlett Packard who was an engineer that time showed to him his first computer. That was the beg inning of his connection with gadgets and technological development. 6. Calligraphy Was His First Love He did not like any gadget at the beginning. What he really loved was calligraph y. In fact, this what he had done after dropping out from Reed College. This is where he became interested in penmanship and fonts where Macintosh typefaces cam e from. 7. A College Drop Out Who would ever think that this business magnate and an icon of Apple was not abl e to finish his college degree. He just went one semester at Reed College and no

thing followed after he dropped out. Fortunately, he was much blessed than those who have completed and earned higher degrees than he earn. 8. $1 Annual Salary Although, he was a self-made billionaire, he was only receiving $1 annual salary from Apple. Believe it or not, that is actually one of the realities that you h ave to know. In fact, he earns more from Disney through his share that he invest ed on it. 9. A Vegetarian Himself When he co-founded Apple Computer Incorporated on April 01, 1976 together with S teve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, the name of the company itself was patterned and derived from his personality and eating lifestyle. He was a vegetarian and frui tarian himself. In fact, apple was his favorite fruit. In fact, he shared the sa me thing with his wife who does not eat any meat or products alike and have been maintaining that ever since. 10. 136th Richest Person in the World Last year on Forbes 2010 World s Billionaires, he was named as the 136th richest p erson in the world with his 5.5 billion net worth. In fact, when he turned 25 ye ars old, he was already a declared multimillionaire even before he left Apple in 1984. He had many investments and one of which is the share that he still has a t Disney where he was earning $48 million annually.