Steve Jobs
Also known as Steven Paul Jobs
Co-founder of Apple (1955 to 2011); ran NeXT and Pixar, then led Apple again from 1997 to 2011.
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- Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976.
- Apple's board pushed him out in 1985, and he founded NeXT that year.
- In 1986 he bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which became Pixar.
- He returned to Apple as CEO in 1997, after Apple bought NeXT, and resigned in August 2011.
Key facts
- Born
- 24 Feb 1955, San Francisco1
- Died
- 5 Oct 20111
- Apple
- Co-founded in 1976; left in 1985; CEO again from 1997 until his resignation on 24 August 20111
- NeXT
- Founded in 1985 and its CEO; Apple bought it in 19971
- Pixar
- Bought in 1986; chairman and majority shareholder; Disney agreed to buy it in January 20061
- Products
- Apple II, Macintosh (1984), iMac, iTunes, Mac OS X1
Roles
Founded
Before
Leads until 24 Aug 2011
Apple (CEO, after Apple bought NeXT; resigned on 24 August 2011) source on Apple
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