Steve Jobs (1955–2011)

The man who changed the history of smart technology

Steven Paul Jobs, born on the 24th of February1955, also known as Steve Jobs, he was an American entrepreneur, marketers and inventor , co-founder of company Apple , also the founder of Pixar animation and former chief executive officer , in 2006 as the Walt Disney Company Board members.


Steve started the company Apple in 1972 with his partner Stephen Wozniak who met him in Homesteady high school, they designed the first Apple computer in 1976 back in Steve's family garage and funded their entrepreneurial venture after Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his beloved scientific calculator.

Apple II in 1977

when Steve were in charge of  marketing for Apple—he marketed the computers each for $666.66, the first Apple Computer has earned around $774,000 for the company. After they released the second version of Apple computer The Apple II, the company has increased the sale by 700 percent, to $139 million. In 1980, Apple Computer became a publicly traded company, with a market value of $1.2 billion on its very first day of trading.

Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC 's mouse driven graphical user interface , and apply one year after the Apple Lisa and Macintosh computers.


Steven Jobs has lead the Apple in to the Glory, he introduced revolutionary both software and hardware to the world like the Macbook Air, Itune, iPod and iPhone, shown the evolution of modern day's technology.

Steve Jobs was dealing with pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade, on October 5, 2011, Apple Inc. announced that he has passed away at age 56 in Pale Alto.

-Ying Zheng (ZHYLD1202)
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