Steve Jobs



Steve Jobs

Summary of Main Events

Steven Paul Jobs (1955-2011) was the co-founder (together with Steve Wozniak), president and chairman of Apple Inc. He was one of the first people who saw the potential of the invention of graphical interface, Xerox PARC's, which was operated through a mouse. This also led to the creation of computers such as Macintosh and its graphical operating system, Mac OS. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT, Inc. (The company was acquired by Apple Computer Inc.).

1950's-1970's

His father, Abdul Fattah Jandali (Abdulfattah John Jandali) was born in the Syrian city of Homs. He studied at the American University in Beirut, and then went to USA to continue his education. There he met Joanne Carole Schieble. In 1955, Steve was born, who was adopted soon after birth by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View in California. His biological sister is novelist Mona Simpson. In 1972, Jobs graduated from high school in Cupertino, California, and studied for one semester at Reed College in Portland in the state of Oregon (Brackett, 2003).

In autumn 1974, Jobs returned to California where he attended the computer club meetings “Homebrew Computer Club” along with Steve Wozniak. He started working at Atari, where he and Wozniak designed computer games. At that time, it was discovered that a toy whistle included in the breakfast cereal Cap'n Crunch can give sound with a frequency of 2600 Hz, the control signal used by the system-distance phone calls AT & T. Jobs and Wozniak, in 1974, temporarily sold blue boxes based on this idea, so that you can call for free. He decided to spend the money earned on his trip to India, in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Jobs went there with his friend (and later an employee of Apple), Daniel Kottke, with whom he studied at Reed College. They met there with guru Neem Karoli Baba in his ashram Kainchi. Jobs returned from India as a Buddhist, with a shaved head and traditional Indian attire. During this time he experimented with LSD (Brashares, 2001).

1970's-1980's

Apple was founded in the garage of Jobs' home. In 1976, together with Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs founded Apple. Production of the first computer was an Apple I, sold for $666.66. In 1977, he built the Apple II, which has been successful in the market for home computers. In 1980, Apple entered the New York Stock Exchange. the market also appeared on the Apple III.

In 1983, Jobs persuaded John Sculley from PepsiCo to ??become president of Apple. The same year, Apple released a technologically advanced computer Apple Lisa, which however did not address market success. In 1984, came the Macintosh, which became henceforth the main product of Apple (Cohen, 2010).

1990's onwards

Apple bought NeXT in 1996 for $402 million. On 31st July 2004, Jobs underwent an operation for the treatment of pancreas cancer. On 14th January 2009, Steve Jobs sent an e-mail to his employees, in which he informed about his sick leave. During his absence, he was replaced by Tim ...