steve jobs

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)[3][4] was an American entrepreneur,[5] marketer,[6] and inventor,[7] who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution[8][9] and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming "one industry after another, from computers and smart phones to music and movies".[10] Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa and, a year later, the Macintosh. He also played a role in introducing the LaserWriter, one of the first widely available laser printers, to the market.[11]

Born
Steven Paul Jobs
February 24, 1955
San Francisco, California, US
Died
October 5, 2011 (aged 56)
Palo Alto, California, US
Cause of death
Metastatic Insulinoma
Residence
Palo Alto, California, US
Alma mater
Reed College (dropped out)
Occupation
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO,
Apple Inc.
Co-founder and CEO,
Pixar
Founder and CEO,
NeXT Inc.
Years active
1974–2011
Board member of
The Walt Disney Company[1]
Apple Inc.
Religion
Zen Buddhism (previouslyLutheran)[2]
Spouse(s)
Laurene Powell
(1991–2011; his death)
Children
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Reed Jobs
Erin Jobs
Eve Jobs
Relatives
Patricia Ann Jobs (adoptive sister), Mona Simpson(biological sister)
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After a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, acomputer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off as Pixar.[12] He was credited in Toy Story