BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS Steve’s Childhood Steve jobs‚ born on 24th Feb 1955‚ in the city of San Francisco‚ was adopted by Paul and Clara jobs‚ middle class Americans. He did his high school from the city of Los Altos which was a home to an unusually high number of engineers. Steve decided to graduate from Reed College in the city of Oregon‚ a renowned liberal arts college and one of the most expensive ones in America which required his parents to put all their savings in his tuition. However
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Nathan Girard 9/27/2011 Is Steve Jobs a Leader or a Manager? John Sculley former CEO of both PepsiCo & Apple states that the differences between leadership and management is; “Leadership is often confused with other things‚ specifically management. Management requires an entirely different set of skills. As Sculley sees it‚ leadership revolves around vision‚ ideas‚ direction‚ and has more to with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation…One can’t lead
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Analytic profile of a Leader - Steve Jobs Introduction Steve Jobs was born on 24th February 1955 in San Francisco. He was a college drop out and was not quite sure about his ambitions in life. In fact‚ in young days‚ he became a hippie‚ and visited India‚ in a quest to attain nirvana. I believe his transformation‚ from a hippie to a CEO‚ is an intriguing part of his life’s journey as he co-founded‚ and later became CEO of‚ Apple Inc.‚ a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in the
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Steve Jobs Personal Life Steve Jobs was a computer designer‚ executive and innovator‚ as well as an all-around role model for many people in both their businesses and their personal lives. As the cofounder of Apple Computers and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios‚ he revolutionized the computer and animation industries‚ amassing a fortune worth $10.2 billion at the time of his death. Jobs passed away on Oct. 5‚ 2011‚ in Palo Alto‚ Calif.‚ at age 56 after battling pancreatic cancer for eight
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1. Five elements of leadership that applies to Steve Jobs leading Apple a) Leaders-follower >Effective leader influences follower and their followers influence them. Effective followers share their idea and as a leader‚ they need to listen to others and implement their ideas to be effective. Apple is creating something that they like and what they think the customers will like as well‚ so Apple keep on innovating new products for it’s customers. b) Influence >Influencing is the process of
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approaching and having a conversation with any historical figure‚ of any topic that I desired-I would distinguish and pick Mr. Steven Jobs. He is considered and deemed as the most successful man known to date; as he was the American information technology inventor and entrepreneur. He was the chairman‚ co-founder‚ and chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. Jobs was the Pixar Animation Studio’s largest shareholder and CEO and so much more. He was most widely known for the unique vision for perfection
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STEVE JOBS BY WALTER ISAACSON Dear all dignitaries and peers present here‚ Welcome to this hall‚ where we are all presented with the rarest opportunity on hearing about various respected and popular members of this world. On given an opportunity‚ I wondered what should be the theme of my speech. Should I go for the Nobel laureates or the most popular figurines or people who changed this world? Nobel laureates are historic‚ and popular people as noted are already quite popular. So‚ let’s hear about
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blurred definition of a successful life‚ happiness and pleasure are characteristics that have been lucid and parallel in the many contrasting ideas. Amongst successful icons in today’s society‚ Steve Jobs has been admired by many people as a role model and a representation of a successful journey. In Steve Jobs’s commencement address to the Stanford University alumni‚ he elaborates on the idea that it is essential to follow one’s heart‚ in order to find what genuinely makes one happy. He also emphasizes
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INTRODUCTION Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members‚ friends‚ adversaries‚ competitors‚ and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers‚ animated movies‚ music‚ phones‚ tablet computing‚ and digital publishing
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gadgets and computers. That man is Steve Jobs. • CEO of Apple • Bad health o Everyone knew that the time would eventually come‚ but no one could have predicted that it’d happen so soon. ▪ On October 5th‚ 2011: Steve Jobs‚ our generations hero of the technology industry‚ died. Going to share his journey‚ because we can all learn something from it. Plot: In 1955‚ a child that was going to change the world was born • Steve Jobs’ biological mother was very young
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