Steve Jobs

Background Jobs was born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955. His biological parents, Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali did not want him. They had him adopted by a lower middle class family, Paul and Clara Jobs. 1967, they In moved to Los Altos, the growing center of Silicon Valley. Married Laurene He Powell in 1991 and got 4 children. He learned a lot about Eastern mysticism and fasted and then ate only fruit. A year later, he traveled to India with a friend to find enlightenment. Beginnings of Apple:

Jobs and his friend Woz (Steve Wozniak) worked on a computer that later became the Apple Computer. The original Apple production plant was in Steve Jobs garage.In 1980, the company became public and Jobs and Woz became multimillionaires. However, Woz crashed his plane in 1981 and did not return to Apple after his recovery. Jobs continued to expand Apple as he became more and more successful. Personality: Steve Jobs was often described as a weird person. He was a Buddhist and a vegetarian. He did NOT believe in mainstream drugs. He also believed in home remedies. He liked innovation and only moved forward. In addition, he lived in the present and the future, never the past.

Jobs as an Entrepreneur:

I did everything in the early days documentation, sales, supply chain, sweeping the floors, buying chips, you name it. I put computers together with my own two hands. And as the industry grew up, I kept on doing it. This is Steves way of saying he is still very involved in an unusually wide array of activities at Apple, way beyond the usual work of a CEO. Steve Jobs was a good entrepreneur because he was compassionate. He also believed anything is possible. Moreover, he cared about his work and he didnt let anything stand in his way.

His Ventures:

ventured in many directions: He 1. Pixar (Which he bought from Lucasfilm as The Graphics Group for $10 million, and sold the company to Disney in 2006 for near $7 billion.) 2. NeXT (A failed computer project.) 3. Apple (His most well known venture. Founder and former-CEO.)

was always creating new products: He

1. Mac OS X - Overhauling the operating system

The Mac OS X title encompasses a series of operating systems released by Apple under code names including Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion. Mac OS X 10.0 better known as Cheetah was made publicly available in March 2001. The latest version of the popular operating system series, Mac OS X Lion, was released in July 2011.
2. NeXT - Innovation in exile

The NeXT computer was packaged in a onefoot cube-shaped case and introduced in 1988, after Jobs had been removed from Apple. It was a high-end workstation which despite not winning over many customers is noted as being the system on which the first Web browser was written. It is also worth mentioning that the world's first Internet-connected server was supposedly a NeXT system.

3. Macintosh - Computers get cute

Recognizable by its iconic beige all-in-one case, the Macintosh 128K is the first member of the Macintosh family of personal computers. It was released in January 1984 with a dramatic Super Bowl commercial and touted a $2,500 price tag (which was considered quite reasonable when it came to personal computers at that time). The original Macintosh 128K would be discontinued in October 1985, but its lineage continued on with models including the Macintosh 512K, the PowerBook Duo, the Power Macintosh, the PowerBook G3, the iMac, the Power Mac G4, the iBook, the Mac Mini, the MacBook, the MacBook Pro, the MacBook Air, and many more models in-between and after.
4. MacBook Air - Winning with thin

The MacBook Air was described as the "world's thinnest notebook" during its January 2008 introduction. And that was no joke the device was an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point. Steve Jobs presented it by pulling it out of a manila envelope. Initially Apple would only offer a 13.3inch MacBook Air model, but in October 2010, an 11.6-inch version was announced. The MacBook Air managed to squeeze a full-sized keyboard and display into a powerful little package which included 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (which would in later years be replaced by Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors). It's worth noting that like all of Apple's notebooks since the original MacBook Pro the MacBook Air incorporates Apple's MagSafe a proprietary magnetically-attached power connector system.

5. Lisa - Ahead of its time

The Apple Lisa was a personal computer introduced in the early 1980s. Its name is supposedly either an acronym for "Local Integrated Software Architecture" or a nod to Steve Jobs' first daughter, Lisa Jobs. While it wasn't exactly a bestseller, it is rumored that thousands of unsold units were sent to a landfill although the computer 3

is noted for its significance in computing history. It was considered to be superior to what was coming out of the Macintosh project at that time and included a tight integration between hardware and software. Oh, and a built-in screensaver, which was uncommon at the time.
6. iTunes - Instant gratification via the Internet

Apple introduced the iTunes digital jukebox software in January 2001, a few months before the unveiling of the first-generation iPod. Two years later the company announced the opening of the iTunes Music Store, a place where over 200,000 songs could be purchased for 99 cents each. In October 2005, the iTunes Store would expand to include TV shows and music videos. In September 2006, it would begin offering full-length movie downloads and by January 2008 movie rentals would be available thanks to arrangements with all major film studios. As of October 2011, Apple has sold over 15 billion songs through the iTunes Store.
7. iPod - A pocket-sized revolution

When it introduced the iPod in October 2001, Apple advertised that the portable media player is a way to carry "1,000 songs in your pocket." Since then, the company has introduced and retired several members of the iPod product family including the iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, and iPod Touch. Each new model has offered significantly more storage capacity than the original 5GB device. As of October 2011, Apple has sold over 320 million iPod devices and deemed it the "world's most popular music player."
8. iPhone - Mobile computing hits next level

In January 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. It described the gadget as "combining three products a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, 4

Web browsing, searching and maps into one small and lightweight handheld device." The iPhone ran Apple's very own mobile operating system, which has since been dubbed iOS. The phone was initially offered in the U.S. exclusively by cellular provider AT&T. Since the firstgeneration iPhone, Apple has introduced the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and most recently the iPhone 4S. At this point the mobile devices are available on three major U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint as well as a number of international cellular providers.
9. iPad - Challenger to the PC

When he stepped onto a stage to show off the iPad for the very first time in January 2010, Steve Jobs described the device as something "magical and revolutionary." The 9.7-inch slate-like gadget offered a high-resolution multi-touch display, Apple's A4 system-on-a-chip processor and an impressive 10-hour battery. The device was offered in a Wi-Fi-only as well as in a 3G-enabled version. The next generation tablet, the iPad 2, was announced in March 2011. It was thinner, lighter and faster than the original device and included front- and back-facing cameras for use with Apple's FaceTime video chat and Photo Booth apps.
10. iMac - End of the beige computer

Apple's iMac line of desktop computers includes several models introduced since 1998 from the brightly colored iMac G3 all-in-one to the lampshaped iMac G4 to the slender iMac G5 to the latest aluminum unibody model. The iMac line has seen a great deal of change since the first iMac G3, which was a 233-MHz CRT unit. The most recent model comes in 21.5- and 27-inch flat-panel versions and advertises processor speeds of up to 2.93 GHz.

11. Apple II - Homeward bound

The Apple II series of computers is considered among the first successful massproduced personal computers. The first model was introduced in June 1977 and the line withered off in November 1993. This particular line of PCs was significant as it was competitively priced and as a result made its way into many households, businesses, and educational institutions. To this day, there are individuals who use Apple II applications on either carefully maintained systems which are considered collectors' items or by relying on emulator software.

Accomplishments/Feats: Jobs Founded Apple in 1976. Then he bought The Graphics Group from Lucasfilm and turned it into the Pixar we know today. He also served on Disneys BOD (Board of Directors) and he is the largest shareholder of Walt Disney Corporation. He has his owns 230 patents and patent applications related to a range from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces (including touch-based), speakers, keyboards, power adapters, staircases, clasps, sleeves, lanyards and packages. Moreover, Jobs became one of the most successful people of all time and he is the number of 57 on the Forbes most powerful people list. He rather had a net worth of USD$6.1 billion and he obtained National Medal of Technology in 1985 from Ronald Reagan in the California Hall of Fame. He also is the challenger of number 57 on the Forbes most powerful people list. Jobs also became a CEO of the decade by Fortune Magazine 2007 Most Powerful Business Leader in Fortune Magazine. Death:

On October 5, 2011, Jobs died at his home in California at the age of 56 from respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, the latter had been diagnosed seven years earlier. On his death he was widely described as a visionary, pioneer and genius perhaps one of the foremost in the field of business, innovation, and product design, and a man who had profoundly changed the face of the modern world, revolutionized at least six different industries, and who was an "exemplar for all chief executives".

Reference
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs 2) http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/06/10-important-products-steve-jobs-helpedbring-to-the-world/