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Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955-2011) · United States · Founders · Died at 56

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He returned Apple from near-bankruptcy to cultural dominance by wedding minimalist design to mass desire - the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad didn't just sell, they rewired how people related to machines.

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A life in dates

2022Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2015Steve JobsBiopic about his life9 October 2015, 2015 film directed by Danny BoyleWith Daniel PembertonIMDb2013JobsBiopic about his life16 August 2013, 2013 film directed by Joshua Michael SternIMDbISteveBiopic about his life15 April 2013, 2013 film directed by Ryan Perez2013IMDbDisney LegendsAward2012Steve Jobs MonumentTribute5 October 2012, sculpture monument in Odesa, UkraineSteve Jobs: The Lost InterviewDocumentary about him11 May 2012, 2012 documentary film by Paul Sen2012IMDbGrammy Trustees AwardAwardNational Inventors Hall of FameAward2011Died5 October 20112010Financial Times Person of the YearAward2007California Hall of FameAward1986“They're babes in the woods. I think I can help turn Alvy and Ed into businessmen.”In their words1 September 1986On Pixar co-founders Alvy Ray Smith and Edwin Catmull, as quoted in TIME magazine (1 September 1986)

1985“It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.”In their words30 September 1985On Apple's lawsuit against him, following his resignation to form NeXT, as quoted in Newsweek (30 September 1985)

“Woz and I very much liked Bob Dylan's poetry, and we spent a lot of time thinking about a lot of that stuff. This was California. You could get LSD fresh made from Stanford.”In their wordsFebruary 1985interview in Playboy magazine (February 1985)

National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1984“Was George Orwell right about 1984?”In their wordsKeynote address at Apple's annual sales conference first introducing the Macintosh "1984" commercial, which ends with the announcer saying

“We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.”In their words24 January 1984Interview about the release of the Macintosh (24 January 1984) - (online video)

1982“It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.”In their wordsSeptember 1982At a retreat in September 1982, as quoted in John Sculley and John A. Byrne, Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple - A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and

1955Born24 February 1955

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The childhood family home of Steve Jobs on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California, is the original site of Apple Computer. The home was added to a list of historic Los Altos sites in 2013.[19]The childhood family home of Steve Jobs on Crist Drive in Los Altos, California, is the original site of Apple Computer. The home was added to a list of historic Los Altos sites in 2013.[19]Jobs' Homestead High School yearbook photo, 1972Jobs' Homestead High School yearbook photo, 1972Jobs and his Pixar team visited the Oval Office in 1998.Jobs and his Pixar team visited the Oval Office in 1998.Jobs presented at Macworld Conference & Expo in 2005.Jobs presented at Macworld Conference & Expo in 2005.Jobs and Bill Gates were on a panel at the fifth D: All Things Digital conference in 2007.Jobs and Bill Gates were on a panel at the fifth D: All Things Digital conference in 2007.

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  1. They're babes in the woods. I think I can help turn Alvy and Ed into businessmen.

    Sep 1, 1986, On Pixar co-founders Alvy Ray Smith and Edwin Catmull, as quoted in TIME magazine (1 September 1986), Own words

  2. You're ripping us off! I trusted you, and now you're stealing from us!

    1985, Steve Jobs reactions on Microsoft Windows 1.0 (1985), Own words

  3. It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

    Sep 30, 1985, On Apple's lawsuit against him, following his resignation to form NeXT, as quoted in Newsweek (30 September 1985), Own words

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Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom2022
Disney Legends2013
Grammy Trustees Award2012
National Inventors Hall of Fame2012
Financial Times Person of the Year2010
California Hall of Fame2007
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1985

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Born in San Francisco in 1955 and adopted shortly after, Jobs attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out, then traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment. He co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976; the Apple II made them both famous and wealthy a year later as one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. After seeing the mouse-driven Xerox Alto in 1979, Jobs pushed for the Macintosh, released in 1984 as the first mass-produced computer with a graphical interface, launching desktop publishing with the LaserWriter in 1985. Fired by Apple's board that same year after a power struggle with CEO John Sculley, he founded NeXT and bought Pixar in 1986, which produced Toy Story in 1995 and became a leading animation studio. Apple acquired NeXT in 1997, bringing Jobs back as CEO to rescue the failing company; working with designer Jony Ive, he introduced the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad over the next decade. Diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in 2003, he resigned in 2011 and died of respiratory arrest that October, holding over 450 patents.

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Category
Founders
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Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1955 to 2011 · aged 56

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