Steve Jobs (1955-2011), inventor, entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc. In 1976, Jobs and his friends founded Apple Computer Company. He accompanied the rise and fall and revival of Apple for decades. He successively led and launched the Macintosh computer, iMac, iPod, iPhone and other electronic products that swept hundreds of millions of people around the world, profoundly changing the way of modern communication, entertainment and even life. He died of illness on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.
Jobs is considered to be a landmark figure in the computer industry and entertainment industry. After decades of ups and downs, he has led and launched Macintosh computers, iMacs, iPods, iPhones, iPads and other popular electronic products around the world, profoundly changing the modern communication, entertainment and lifestyle. Jobs is also the chairman and CEO of the former Pixar Animation Studio.
Chronological resume
On February 24, 1955, Jobs was born in San Francisco, USA.
In 1972, he graduated from Homestead High School in Los Altos, California, and then entered Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He dropped out six months later.
In 1976, Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple.
In 1985, Jobs was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Reagan.
In 1997, he became the cover character of Time magazine; In the same year, he was rated as the most successful manager, a famous "computer maniac".
In 2007, Steve Jobs was named the most powerful businessman Fortune of the year by Fortune magazine [3].
In 2009, he was selected as the best CEO of the United States in this decade by Fortune magazine, and was elected as one of the People of the Year by Time magazine in the same year.
Jobs' career has greatly influenced the legend of venture entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and he popularized the design concept of aesthetics first around the world. His admiration for simple and convenient design has won him many loyal followers. Jobs and Wozniak jointly made personal computers popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was also the first person to see the commercial potential of the mouse.
In 1985, Jobs left Apple in the high-level power struggle and founded NeXT, aiming at the professional market.
In 1997, Apple acquired NeXT, and Jobs returned to Apple to take over as CEO.
In 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO.
He died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.
Character evaluation
Steve Jobs is one of the greatest innovation leaders in the United States, and his outstanding talent also makes him a person who can change the world. (Commented by President Obama of the United States)
Few people have the same impact on the world as Steve Jobs, and this impact will be long-term. (Comment by Bill Gates)
He knows how to create amazing great products. (Commented by Paul Allen)
He may not be a great man who invented technology, but he must be a great man who understands human nature.
Jobs is considered to be a landmark figure in the computer industry and entertainment industry. At the same time, people also regard him as the founder of well-known digital products such as Macintosh computers, iPods, iTunes, iPads, iPhones, etc. These electronic products that have swept hundreds of millions of people around the world have profoundly changed the way of modern communication, entertainment and even life.
Steve Jobs is a genius who changes the world. With his keen sense of touch and outstanding wisdom, he has the courage to change and innovate constantly, leading the trend of global information technology and electronic products, making computers and electronic products increasingly simple and popular, and making once expensive and rare electronic products a part of modern life.