Steve Jobs (born Steve Jobs‚ the full name of Steven Paul Jobs‚ Eng. Steven Paul Jobs; February 24‚ 1955 - October 5‚ 2011) - American entrepreneur‚ designer and inventor‚ has been widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the revolution in the field of personal computers [1] [2]. Co-founder‚ chairman and CEO‚ Apple. Co-founder and CEO studio Pixar. In the late 1970s‚ Jobs’ friend Steve Wozniak developed one of the first personal computers‚ has great commercial potential. Computer Apple II was
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Jobs’ Job The Excellence of Steve Jobs Steve Jobs displays arête in many ways‚ for one‚ being the most prolific icon in the tech industry‚ and two‚ for becoming so while fighting a terminal cancer. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ and was put into adoption. He went to high school in Cupertino‚ California‚ which is not the headquarters of Job’s billion-dollar corporation‚ Apple. While Jobs was in Cupertino‚ he attended after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Chapter 1 Steve Jobs- 1955-2011 An era ends: Steve Jobs‚ rebel icon and merchant of cool‚ is dead Steve Jobs‚ innovator extraordinaire‚ who started up Apple Inc in a Silicon Valley garage and built it up into the world’s most innovative company‚ died on Wednesday. He was 56. Apple said in a brief statement: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.” (Read Apple’s statement here.) “Steve’s brilliance‚ passion and energy were the source
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Research Paper 1.draft 07.11.2012 http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/10/26/steve-jobs-bio-neither-insane-nor-great/ Steve Jobs Steve Jobs leadership style: a lesson for business or an inconvenient strategy? Table of Contents Who was Steve Jobs? 2 An addicted Perfectionist 2 Failing made him stronger. 3 An unique CEO 4 Steve Jobs insanity generated special and different abilities. 7 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Who was Steve Jobs? If asked who Steve Jobs
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MR. Steve Paul Jobs Founder of the Apple Company Introduction ; Steve Jobs is one of the most successful entrepreneurs and was listed as Fortune Magazine’s Number One most powerful businessman of 2007 out of twenty-five other top businessmen. He is the co-founder‚ chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Steve Jobs is currently the Walt Disney Company’s largest shareholder and a member
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Bill Gates Leadership Who is He? Bill Gates is consistently the richest man in the world; and the co-founder of Microsoft‚ the creator of the commonly used Windows. He is best known for being the entrepreneur that revolutionized the computer industry. Recently he has been active in philanthropic work‚ having set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and giving over US$28 billion to their causes. A Quick History Gates began his interest in computers at a very young age. At eighth grade
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Family background Steve Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955‚ in the city of San Francisco. His biological mother was an unwed graduate student (and his biological father is said to be a political science or mathematics professor‚ maybe of Middle-Western descent -but this has never been confirmed). Back in the 50s‚ it was unconceivable for such a young woman to raise a child on her own‚ so she decided to put her little baby boy up for adoption. But she insisted that the adoptive parents had to
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officer of the Microsoft Corporation‚ and a multibillionaire: Bill Gates. CAREER Gates‚ William Henry‚ III (1955- ) was born in Seattle‚ Washington. Gates grew up in a very competitive family. His father‚ William H. Gates II‚ was an attorney. His mother‚ Mary‚ was a University of Washington regent and director of First Interstate Bank. His parents placed him in Lakeside‚ an academic
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10 HARD WORK 11 CONFIDENCE 11 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS 12 5. CONCLUSION 13 6. REFERENCE 14 ENTREPRENURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE "It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates INTRODUCTION: The entrepreneur I have chosen is legendary business figure Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III as known as Bill Gates is an American businessman‚ investor‚ author‚ philanthropist
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Bill Gates has been a CEO of Microsoft in the past and is currently a CEO of Cascade Investment. “Bill Gates founded the world’s largest software business‚ Microsoft‚ and subsequently became one of the richest men in the world” (“Bill Gates Biography” par.1). He started without having anything and took a huge risk of starting the new business by himself. Bill Gates has worked very hard his entire life generating the Microsoft company
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