Who is Steve Jobs?

The name Steve Jobs is often heard in connection with the Apple company. But who is Steve Jobs anyway? We show why the deceased is so well known and what connects him with the iPhone and Co.

Steve Jobs: The Apple Founder

Steve Jobs is primarily known as the founder and CEO of Apple.

• He was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco.
• In 1976 Steve Jobs and his neighbor Steve Wozniak founded Apple in Steve Jobs Garage.
• Their first product was the Apple I computer, which they sold for $ 666.66.
• In 1985, Steve Jobs left the company after an internal power struggle and founded the companies NeXT and Pixar.
• Eleven years later, he returned to Apple and was able to save the company from bankruptcy with a restructuring.
• Under Steve Jobs leadership, the iMac, iTunes and the iPod were first introduced. From 2007 Jobs presented the iPhone and then the iPad.
• In 2011 Steve Jobs retired from daily business and died of cancer in October of the same year.

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