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Steven "Steve" Jobs

By:Raylissa Rivera Who is he

● Jobs was an American entrepreneur and inventor ● Jobs is best known as the co- founder, chairmen and CEO of Apple Inc. Growing Up

● Jobs was born February 24, 1995. ● He was put up for adoption ● He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. ● He lived in Mountain View, . Education

● He attended Monta Loma Elementary school in Mountain View,California where he often played pranks on the other kids. ● Since his test grades were very high school officials wanted to skip him two grades but he only skipped one. ● He attended Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino,California. ● He graduated in 1972. ● He enrolled at in Portland,. ● 6 months later he dropped out because his parents couldn' afford.So he dropped in on creative classes. Early Career

● In 1973, he took a job as a technician for . ● He left to and came back with a shaved head and wearing traditional Indian clothing. ● In 1975 Jobs and Wozniak began attending meeting for the Homebrew Club. ● In 1976 Jobs and Wozniak created their own business naming it "Apple Computer Company" selling circuit boards. Apple

● In 1983 Jobs asked to be the Apple's CEO. ● On May 24th,1985 Jobs was demoted of his managerial duties as head of the division. ● He resigned from Apple 5 months later. ● He then founded NeXT Inc. that same year. NeXT

● He founded NeXT Computer with $7 million. ● NeXT were released in 1990, priced at $9,999. ● The second-generation NeXTcube was released in 1990. ● The NeXTcube could share voice,image, and video in email. ● NeXT transitioned to development releasing NeXTSTEP/. ● In 1997, NeXT was acquired by Apple Inc.

● In 1986, Jobs purchased The Graphics Group from 's that was later renamed Pixar. ● From the partnership they release (1995) with Jobs credited as executive producer. ● The company produced big Box-office hits such as: A Bug's Life(1998), (1999), Monsters Inc.(2001), (2003),(2010) and several more. Back to Apple

● In 1996 Apple bought NeXT for $427 million. Jobs became de facto chief in July 1997. ● NeXTSTEP evolved into Mac OS X and introduced the iMac. ● Jobs then became permanent CEO calling himself iCEO. ● The company introduced the iPod, and on June 29,2007 they entered the cellular phone business with the iPhone; a multi- touch display. Apple Products

First iPod created First iPhone created The Ending ● Of August 2011 Jobs resigned as CEo but stayed as the chairman. ● When Jobs resigned both Apple Inc. and shares dropped. ● Jobs held 5.426 million Apple shares worth $2.1 billion and 138 million shares with Disney worth $4.4 billion. ● In 2010 Jobs estimated net worth is about $8.3 billion. ● Jobs passed away from on October 5th, 2011 in his Palo Alto, California home.