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Name |
Steve Jobs |
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Birth Name |
Steven Paul Jobs |
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Place of Birth |
San Francisco,
California, USA |
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Nationality |
American |
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Residence |
Tampa, Florida |
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Religion |
Buddhism |
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Date of Birth |
24 February 1955 |
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Date of Death |
5 October 2011 |
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Cause of Death |
Pancreatic Cancer |
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Profession |
Co-Founder & CEO of
Apple Inc. |
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Family |
Biological Parents:
Father - Abdulfattah John Jandali (Political
Science Professor)
Mother -Joanne Schieble (Speech Language
Pathologist)
Adopted Parents:
Father - Paul Jobs (Accountant)
Mother - Clara Jobs (Coast Guard veteran and
machinist)
Sisters - Patti Jobs , Mona Simpson (Novelist)
Wife - Laurene Powell
Son - Reed
Daughters - Erin Siena, Eve, Lisa Brennan Jobs
Education School:
• Cupertino Junior High School in Cupertino,
California
• Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. |
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College |
Reed College in
Portland, Oregon. (One Semester, 1972) |
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Got credited
for |
Revolutionizing the computer industry by
democratizing the technology and making the
computers smaller, cheaper, intuitive and
accessible to consumers along with Wozniak. |
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Career History |
• He took a job as a technician at Atari, a
manufacturer of popular video games (1974).
• Founded 'Apple' with Steve Wozniak and Ronald
Wayne (1976).
• At the end of May 1985 he left 'Apple'.
• After leaving Apple he founded NeXt Computer
(1985).
• He bought 'The Graphics Group' (which was
later renamed as Pixar) from Lucasfilm’s
computer graphics division.
• NeXT was acquired by Apple Inc., in 1996.
• Became the interim CEO of Apple (1997).
• Became permanent CEO of Apple (2000).
• Resigned as CEO of Apple and remained as
Chairman of Apple (2011) |
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Positions |
• Co-founder, chairman and chief executive
officer of Apple Inc.
• Chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios.
• Member of the board of directors of 'The Walt
Disney Company' (2006). |
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Movies from the
partnership of Pixar & The Walt Disney |
Toy Story (1995),
A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999),
Monsters Inc., (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The
Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille
(2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009) and Toy Story 3
(2010). |
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Credited as |
Executive Producer in ‘Toy Story’ (1995). |
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Attributed |
The original
Macintosh’s typefaces to his calligraphy class. |
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Fan of |
The Beatles and
Grateful Dead |
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His wardrobe |
Black long-sleeved
mock turtleneck made by St. Croix, Levi's 501
blue jeans and New Balance 991 sneakers. |
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His Car |
Silver 2008 Mercedes |
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Loved |
Calligraphy,
photography |
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Favorites |
Fruit - Apple
Places - Yosemite, Europe, Paris
Musician - Bob Dylan
Meal - Raw carrot, without any kind of dressing
Local restaurant - Palo Alto caterer Il Fornaio |
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His Zen Master |
Kobun Chino |
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Personal Hero |
Henry Ford
(American industrialist) |
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Inspired by |
Akio Morita
(Co-founder of Sony Corporation) |
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Idolized |
• Edwin Land
(American inventor and entrepreneur)
• Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari) |
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Honors |
• Awarded the
National Medal of Technology by President Ronald
Reagan with Steve Wozniak (1984).
• Jefferson Award for Public Service in the
category "Greatest Public Service by an
Individual 35 Years or Under" (1987).
• Named the most powerful person in business by
Fortune Magazine (2007).
• He was selected as the most admired
entrepreneur among teenagers in a survey by
Junior Achievement (2009).
• He was named the CEO of the decade by Fortune
Magazine (2009).
• The Financial Times named Jobs its person of
the year 2010.
• He was 136th richest person in the world
according to Forbes 2010 World’s Billionaires
list and 42nd wealthiest American.
• He was ranked No.17 on Forbes: The World's
Most Powerful People (2011). |
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Facts |
• He was Dyslexic.
• In elementary school he was a prankster and
his fourth grade teacher bribed him to study.
• During his school days since he let snakes in
the classroom, he was called as ‘Little terror’.
• He got introduced to computers at the age of
12 by Lary lang, an engineer of Hewlett-Packard
(HP).
• After school lectures, he used to be at the HP
Company in Palo Alto, California.
• During the vacation, he was hired as a summer
employee and worked with Steve Wozniak.
• After dropping out from Reed, he joined a
Calligraphy class and became fascinated with
fonts and penmanship.
• He traveled to India with a friend to seek
enlightenment at the age of 19.
• He bought his first suit at the age of 22 for
West Coast Computer Faire (1977).
• During the introduction of iPhone at Macworld
(2007), through the phone he called Starbucks
and ordered 4000 Lattes.
• He was a strict Vegan.
• He met his wife at Stanford business school,
where she was an MBA student.
• For a long time his home was only decorated
with large black and white photographs of icons
such as Einstein or the California landscape. |
