About
Steve Jobs (1955–2011) co-founded Apple in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned in 1997 to rescue it from near bankruptcy, and transformed it into the most valuable company in the world. His product launches — the Macintosh (1984), iMac (1998), iPod (2001), iPhone (2007), iPad (2010) — each changed an entire industry. Jobs didn't invent these technologies; he made them beautiful and desirable.
Jobs was adopted, dropped out of Reed College, and slept in friends' dorm rooms. He was a demanding, often cruel manager who inspired extraordinary work through intensity and vision. He died of pancreatic cancer at 56. The iPhone alone has generated more revenue than any product in history.
# Top 10 Steve Jobs facts
- 1Jobs was adopted as an infant and dropped out of Reed College — he attended calligraphy classes that inspired Mac typography
- 2He was ousted from Apple in 1985 and returned in 1997 to rescue it from near bankruptcy
- 3The iPhone has generated more total revenue than any product in human history
Fascinating Facts
- ◆Jobs was adopted as an infant and dropped out of Reed College — he attended calligraphy classes that inspired Mac typography
- ◆He was ousted from Apple in 1985 and returned in 1997 to rescue it from near bankruptcy
- ◆The iPhone has generated more total revenue than any product in human history
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