Ondrej Holzman Books could be written about the life of Steve Jobs. One of these will even come out in a few weeks. But we would like to focus only on the most fundamental milestones of the founder of Apple, a visionary, a conscientious father and a man who changed the world. Even so, we get a good portion of information. Steve Jobs was an exceptional…
1955 – Born February 24 in San Francisco to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali.
1955 – Adopted shortly after birth by Paul and Clara Jobs living in San Francisco. Five months later, they moved to Mountain View, California.
1969 – William Hewlett offers him a summer internship at his Hewlett-Packard company.
1971 – Meets Steve Wozniak, with whom he later founds Apple Computer Inc.
1972 – Graduates from Homestead High School in Los Altos.
1972 – He applies to Reed College in Portland, where he leaves after only one semester.
1974 – Joins Atari Inc. as a technician.
1975 - Starts attending meetings of the "Homebrew Computer Club", which discusses home computers.
1976 – Together with Wozniak, he earns $1750 and builds the first commercially available personal computer, the Apple I.
1976 – Founds Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Way. Wayne is selling his share in two weeks.
1976 - With Wozniak, the Apple I, the first single-board computer with a video interface and Read-Only Memory (ROM), which provides loading of programs from an external source, starts selling for $666,66.
1977 – Apple becomes a publicly traded company, Apple Computer Inc.
1977 – Apple introduces the Apple II, the world's first widespread personal computer.
1978 – Jobs has his first child, daughter Lisa, with Chrisann Brennan.
1979 – Macintosh development begins.
1980 – The Apple III is introduced.
1980 – Apple starts selling its shares. Their price rises from $22 to $29 during the first day on the exchange.
1981 – Jobs gets involved in the development of the Macintosh.
1983 – Hires John Sculley (pictured below), who becomes Apple's president and chief executive officer (CEO).
1983 – Announces the first computer controlled by a mouse called Lisa. However, it is failing in the market.
1984 – Apple presents the now legendary Macintosh commercial during the Super Bowl finale.
1985 - Receives the National Medal of Technology from the hands of US President Ronald Reagan.
1985 – After disagreements with Sculley, he is leaving Apple, taking five employees with him.
1985 – Founds Next Inc. to develop computer hardware and software. The company is later renamed Next Computer Inc.
1986 - For less than 10 million dollars, he buys the Pixar studio from George Lucas, which is later renamed Pixar Animation Studios.
1989 – Features the $6 NeXT computer, also known as The Cube, which has a black-and-white monitor but is flopping in the market.
1989 – Pixar wins Oscar for animated short “Tin Toy”.
1991 – He marries Laurene Powell, with whom he already has three children.
1992 – Introduces the NeXTSTEP operating system for Intel processors, which, however, cannot compete with the Windows and IBM operating systems.
1993 – He is closing the hardware division at Next, he wants to focus only on software.
1995 - Pixar's animated film "Toy Story" is the highest-grossing film of the year.
1996 - Apple acquires Next Computer for $427 million in cash, Jobs returns to the scene and becomes an advisor to Apple chairman Gilbert F. Amelia.
1997 – After Amelia's departure, he becomes interim CEO and chairman of Apple Computer Inc. His salary is a symbolic one dollar.
1997 – Jobs announces cooperation with Microsoft, which he enters mainly because of financial problems. Bill Gates not only commits to publishing his Microsoft Office suite for Macintosh in the next five years, but also to invest 150 million dollars in Apple.
1998 – Apple introduces the so-called all-in-one computer iMac, which will be sold in millions. Apple thus recovers financially, shares grow by 400 percent. iMac wins numerous design awards.
1998 – Apple is profitable again, recording four consecutive profitable quarters.
2000 – The word "temporary" disappears from Jobs' title.
2001 – Apple introduces a new operating system, Unix OS X.
2001 – Apple introduces the iPod, a portable MP3 player, making its first entry into the consumer electronics market.
2002 - Starts selling the new iMac flat all-in-one personal computer, which in the same year makes the cover of Time magazine and wins several design competitions.
2003 – Jobs announces the iTunes Music Store, where songs and albums are sold.
2003 – Features the PowerMac G64 5-bit personal computer.
2004 – Introduces the iPod Mini, a smaller version of the original iPod.
2004 – In February, he interrupts Pixar's very successful collaboration with the Walt Disney studio, to whom Pixar is finally sold in 2006.
In 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Apple headquarters. He received an iPhone 4 from Steve Jobs as one of the first
2004 – He is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August. He is undergoing surgery. He recovers and starts work again in September.
2004 - Under Jobs' leadership, Apple reports its biggest revenue in a decade in the fourth quarter. The network of brick-and-mortar stores and iPod sales is particularly responsible for this. Apple's revenue at that time is $2,35 billion.
2005 - Apple announces during the WWDC conference that it is switching from PowerPC processors from IMB to solutions from Intel on its computers.
2007 – Jobs introduces the revolutionary iPhone, one of the first smartphones without a keyboard, at the Macworld Expo.
2008 – In a classic postal envelope, Jobs brings and presents another important product – the thin MacBook Air, which later becomes Apple's best-selling portable computer.
2008 – At the end of December, Apple announces that Jobs will not be speaking at Macworld Expo next year, he will not even attend the event at all. Speculation immediately abounds about his health. Apple will also reveal that the entire company will no longer participate in this event in future years.
Steve Jobs with his successor, Tim Cook
2009 – In early January, Jobs reveals that his significant weight loss is due to a hormonal imbalance. He says that at that moment his condition does not limit him in any way from performing the function of executive director. However, a week later he announces that his health condition has changed and he is going on medical leave until June. During his absence, Tim Cook is in charge of day-to-day operations. Apple says Jobs will continue to be part of key strategic decisions.
2009 – In June, The Wall Street Journal reports that Jobs underwent a liver transplant. A hospital in Tennessee later confirms this information.
2009 – Apple confirms in June that Jobs is returning to work at the end of the month.
2010 – In January, Apple introduces the iPad, which immediately becomes very successful and defines a new category of mobile devices.
2010 – In June, Jobs presents the new iPhone 4, which represents the biggest change since the first generation of the Apple phone.
2011 – In January, Apple announces that Jobs is going on medical leave again. The reason or how long he will be out has not been published. Once again, speculations about Jobs' health and the impact on Apple shares and the company's development are increasing.
2011 – In March, Jobs briefly returns from medical leave and introduces the iPad 2 in San Francisco.
2011 – Still on medical leave, in June during the WWDC developer conference in San Francisco, he introduces iCloud and iOS 5. A few days later, he speaks before the Cupertino city council, which presents plans for the construction of the company's new campus.
2011 – In August, he announces that he is stepping down as CEO and passing the imaginary scepter to Tim Cook. Apple's board elects Jobs as chairman.
2011 – He dies on October 5 at the age of 56.
At the end, we just add a great video from the CNN workshop, which also maps the most important things in the life of Steve Jobs:
Steve Jobs was, is and will continue to be a huge personality in IT. What he has achieved in his lifetime is absolutely incredible.
I pay tribute to him.
PS correct 1985 from "is leaving" to "is leaving"
I think it is spelled correctly. I understood that he was leaving. Or, academically speaking, he had no choice, so he left.
Yes, as far as I know, he even "was fired" outright.
You will know for sure when you can read Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs autobiography.
Steve, I love the NHL and thanks to nhlgamecenter I can watch it live via iPhone, iPad and through them and airplay via apple tv on the television or just through the viewer in the iMac... you have changed many people's lives not only professionally, but personally. One day I will never forget. My birthday 5.10. they are also your death. <3 <3 <3
Sad ending... :(((
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:-(
He inspired many, but the day I turned 20, he left us, what a pity for such people :( But his legacy lives on
Everything I do and enjoy is done with the help of his device. Over 18 years old. Thanks
Thanks to his products, I am as productive as I am at work today, and I can't imagine how I would work today without an Apple product, I just can't. Steve tay will be forever, not only because of the way he was, but also because he changed the world of IT and determined the direction in which development will take place for several years, maybe even ten years.