Steve Jobs
The Innovator
Here is a timeline for Steve Jobs Life:
- 1955 Steve Jobs was born to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He was adopted as a young infant by Paul and Clara Jobs
- 1960 The Jobs family moved to Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California. Today, this is commonly called Silicon Valley.
- 1968 13-year-old Steve Jobs got his first job, working at Hewlett-Packard in the summer after speaking directly to Bob Hewlett..
- 1973 Jobs enrolled at Reed College, but dropped out after a semester. He moved to a hippie commune after dropping out. Jobs later takes a job working for Atari.
- 1976 His colleague Wozniak and Jobs show the first board for the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club. On April 1, Jobs, Wozniak and Ron Wayne incorporate as Apple Computer..
- 1980 Apple Computer entered the stock market in 1980, making Jobs, already successful, remarkably wealthy.
- 2007 Jobs introduced the item most closely associated with Apple today: the iPhone. The iPhone 3G followed in 2008.
- 2010 Jobs announced the release of the first tablet, the iPad, and an improved iPhone, the iPhone 4.
- 2011 Steve Jobs died at home on October 5, 2011, surrounded by his family.
"Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things."
-- Bill Gates