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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
“A story of success”

Written By: Abdul Rahman El Naas May 5, 2013
Grade: 7C

Table of Contents

Introduction 3 Early Life 4

Way to Success 6

Achievements 8

Conclusion 10

Bibliography 11

Introduction
Gadgets play a very important role in our lives these days, and the most commonly used are the products of Apple Inc. Have you ever wondered who the man behind the success of this organization was? In this report, I will focus on how Steve Jobs created these smart gadgets and why.

Early Life
Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, to Joanne Schieble (later Joanne Simpson) and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father, Abdulfattah Jandali, was a Syrian political science professor and his mother, Joanne Schieble, worked as a speech therapist. Shortly after Steve was placed for adoption, his biological parents married and had another child, Mona. It was not until Jobs was 27 that he was able to uncover information on his biological parents.
As an infant, Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. The family lived in Mountain View within California 's Silicon Valley. As a boy, Jobs and his father would work on electronics in the family garage.
Paul would show his son how to take apart and reconstruct electronics, a hobby which instilled confidence, tenacity and mechanical prowess in young Jobs.
Jobs also enrolled in the



Bibliography: Early Life Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, to Joanne Schieble (later Joanne Simpson) and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption

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