Passage 2
Steve Jobs was the co-founder *** CEO of Appe and formerly Pixar.
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California to Joanne Simpson and a Syrian father. Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Corni。then adopted ***. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. One semester later, he had dropped out later taking up the study of philosophy and **** cultures.
Steve Jobs had a deep-seated interest in technology, so he took up a job at Atari Inc, **** a leading manufacturer of video games. He struck a friendship with fellow designer Steve Wozniak and attended meetings of the uHomebrew Computer Club" with him.
After saving up some money, *** took off for India in the search of enlightenment. Once he returned, he convinced Wozniak to quit his job at Hewlett Packard to join him in his venture that concerned personal computers. *** sold items like scientific calculators to raise the seed capital.
In 1976, **** and Wozniak founded Apple Computer in the Jobs family garage. The first personal computer was sold for $666.66. By 1980, Apple hod already released three improved versions of the personal *****. It had a wildly successful PO (Initial Public Offering), which made both founders millionaires many times over.
A tiff with the Apple ' s Board of Directors and John Scully led to Jobs' resignation. Steve Jobs decided that he wanted to change the hardware industry. The company was called NeXTStep, **** produced the NeXT Computer. The machine was a commercial washout but helped with future work in object-oriented programming PostScript, and magneto-optical *****. Jobs returned to his original company after Apple acquired NeXT in 1996.
Steve Jobs also started Pixar, which has produced multiple blockbuster films, including *** Story (1995); A Bug, s Life (1998); Toy Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Finding Nemo (2003); and The Incredibles (2004).
In 2004, Jobs was diagnosed **** a malignant tumor in his pancreas, which was successfully treated.
Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on August 24,2011 and subsequently assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.
On October 5,2011, Steve Jobs passed away.
What Steve Jobs Left Untouched? There were a lot of things Steve Jobs was right about. Probably the most important thing he got right was realizing that you **** to build a great stadium before you can invent great sports. An example of this was the decision in 1986 to build every Mac with neiworking.
