THE LIFE OF STEVE JOBS

MADE BY – SAKSHAM KAUSHAL

Apple and Steve Jobs

Biography of Steve Jobs

Nationality: American

Date of birth: 24/02/1955

Birthplace: San Francisco (California)

Country of residence: USA

Top Companies: Apple Inc.

Size: 1,88 m

Biography of Steve Jobs

_ Inventor, entrepreneur, visionary and a pioneer.

_Co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Apple Inc. _ Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Jobs was an American inventor and entrepreneur, widely recognized as a visionary and a pioneer of the personal computer revolution. _ Co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Apple Inc, he also directed the Pixar studios and became a member of the board of Disney in 2006 during the takeover of Pixar by Disney. _ Apple was established on 1 April 1976 in Cupertino, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.

CHILDHOOD

Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California

Put up for adoption a week after birth

Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college

EDUCATION

Skipped 5th grade

Took his first electronics class in high school

After school, attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard company where he met Steve Wonzniak during work

EDUCATION{CONT.}

Graduated high school in 1972

Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon

Dropped out after one semester

Slept on his friends dorm room floor and dropped in on classes of interest

The Beginning of A Career

Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari

Attended meetings at Wozniak’s “Homebrew Computer Club”

Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building computers

Apple

Born on April 1st, 1 976

Apple I designed and prototype built

First single board computer with built-in video interface

Apple (Cont.) Apple II designed in the following year

Operating System loaded automatically

Smaller Components & built-in circuitry

In 1976, Jobs looked to hire a public relations agency to help advertise

Smooth Sailing

Most investors turned Apple down

Retired Intel executive Mike Markkula decided to invest

Markkula became chairman of Apple in May 1977

Smooth Sailing (Cont.)

Became publicly traded company in 1980

Launched LISA in 1983

First commercial computer to use GUI

Unpopular due to its few software programs and high price

Smooth Sailing (Cont.)

Macintosh created to compete with PC Marketed for friendliness, not just a

mindless machine

Very popular – sold approximately 70,000 Macs in the first 100 days

The Downfall

Sales began to plunge

Wozniak quit Apple in 1985

Board members of Apple met on May 28th, 1985 and each voted on the removal of Steve from the company

Still Looking Up

After taking time off, Jobs wanted to get back to Apple and his love for computers

Decided to start his own company

Founded NeXT Computer in 1989

Still Looking Up (Cont.)

NeXT turned a profit for the first time in 1992

NeXT software needed to be made more reliable and compatible for consumers

Company slowly starts going downhill

Still Looking Up (Cont.)

Jobs had to make drastic decisions

Microsoft purchased NeXT software Microsoft came up with $150 million to

stake in Apple

Saved a dying company.

Still Looking Up (Cont.)

Jobs began looking into alternatives to Object Linking and Embedding

Created OpenDoc

Jobs was very serious about this

Still Looking Up (Cont.)

NeXT STEP software was being turned into Mac OS X

Under Jobs’ guidance the company increased sales

Introduced the iMac and other new products

The New Beginning

In early 2000, Pixar leads animated film industry

Later that month, Jobs announced his return to the CEO position

Insisted on keeping his $1 annual salary

The New Beginning (Cont.)

First project as CEO was the G4 Cube

Was too expensive and didn’t satisfy a certain market

Lasted only twelve months in Apple’s line-up

The New Beginning (Cont.)

The next step for Steve was his newest operating system, Mac OS X

The future of Apple

The New Beginning (Cont.)

In 2001, Jobs opened Apple retail stores so customers could:

1. Try out computers2. Test software3. Meet with salespeople

This was a large risk but he knew that people would want to buy them

His Inventions _ Up until his death Steve Jobs oversaw Apple's creation and development with the invention of the iMac (1998), the iPod, iTunes and the launch of the company's chain stores : Apple Store (2001), the iTunes Store (2003), iPhone (2007) and the iPad (2010). The company came up with different products which made his company one of the richest in the world. _ These inventions have revolutionized the world of music and the touch device.

Portable Audio Revolution

Less than a year after iTunes was released, Apple released the iPod

Originally only for Mac users

In July 2002, the new iPod was available for Windows users as well

Sales skyrocketed and 75% of MP3 players are iPods

More Successful Changes

June 6th, 2005, Jobs announced switch from PowerPC chips to Intel chips.

This would conserve energy on PowerBook and iBook

More Successful Changes (Cont.)

October 2005, 5th generation of iPod was introduced

Could play music videos and TV shows

Jobs announced the opening of the iTunes video store

Conclusion

Despite a recent scare with pancreatic cancer, Jobs is back in health and doing just fine

Jobs is an influential man who learned from

his failures and gained maturity from them

True role model

In early 1997

His inventions

In 2003

His inventions In early 1997

In 2007

His inventions In early 1997

In 2010

His illness

_ In October 2003, doctors learn that Steve Jobs was suffering from a cancer. He did not reveal his illness to his employees and the public until August 2004 after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas.

  _ Two year slater, he appeared very thin, prompting

rumors of a return of the disease. In January 2009 he was forced to take sick leave, announcing he was suffering from a hormonal imbalance.

  _ Then on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs'

death was announced in San Francisco 23:00.

His illness