STEVE JOBS

-Founder of Apple Inc.

EARLY CHILDHOOD
Born February 24,1955 in San Francisco, CA to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah John Jandali Adopted at birth by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara, California Named- Steven Paul Jobs. Grew up in the Silicon Valley.

EDUCATION
Graduated high school in Cupertino, California Attended Hewlett-Packard lectures after school. Worked with Steve Wozniak in summer. Attended Reed College after high school. Dropped out after one semester. Continued auditing courses in classes he liked. Did part-time job at Atari to finance trip to India for studying Eastern Culture & Religion.

START OF APPLE
Raised capital to form Apple company. On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer Co. was formed Their first PC - The Apple I, sold for $666.66 The Apple II, released next year, was huge success. In May of 1980, released Apple III. Created PC-Lisa with GUI. From 1977 to 1983, Apple continued to grow exponentially.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

THE APPLE SERIES

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the Apple I to start the PC revolution. The Apple Series includes: I, II, III & Lisa.

Apple II

Lisa

Apple I Apple III

THE TAKE OFF

In 1981, IBM entered PC market & in 2 years began to outsell Apple. Apples sales and shine began to wear off Jobs needed a new computer that could compete with IBM PC January 24, 1984 Jobs introduced Macintosh with: Macintosh
GUI 128K of expandable memory Pointing device: mouse

FROM APPLE TO NEXT

In 1985, Jobs helped Bill Gates with Macintosh to create Windows, which could run on IBM PC s. CEO John Sculley forced Jobs to leave. Jobs then founded NeXT. Created NeXT Cube PC which didnt sell due to:
Overpricing Missing software.

Changed focus from hardware to software.

Pixar- An animation Studio bought by Steve in 1986. Three films contract from Disney. Created first computer animated film. Toy story was an instant hit in 1995 Sold to Disney for stock worth about $7.4 billion
Steve Jobs with Disney s CEO Robert Iger

STEVE JOBS RETURNS

Apple simultaneously did very poorly in the early & mid 90 s due to:
Poor leadership Stagnating computer design.

In 1996, Apple bought NeXT & with it came Steve Jobs. In 2000, Jobs became CEO of Apple Created iMac 1st PC marketed for its looks

MACINTOSH PROJECT
Original Mac 1984

iMac

RETURN TO PROFITABILITY & INNOVATION

Jobs continued innovating with projects like:
iPod iTunes Music Store High end computers

Under Jobs watch, Apple grew fueled by his imagination & quest for perfection

iPOD & iTUNES

Name changed from Apple Computer

Inc. to Apple Inc. iPods sold since year 2001 250 mn.

iPHONE
Phones were broken in Job s eyes until the iPhone. The iPhone enhanced the phone industry. It is very technologically advanced.

iPAD
Breakthrough technology Combination of
Computer Telephone Internet Entertainment Touchscreen

Lightweight

HONOURS
National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in 1985 with Steve Wozniak (the first people to ever receive the honor). Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category "Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under" in 1987. Stanford Commencement Speaker in 2005 Named the most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine on November 27, 2007. Inducted into the California Hall of Fame by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on December 5, 2007.

ACCORDING TO OTHERS
Never a powerhouse in terms of sales. Great innovator and creative. Small percentage of P.C market. Positive outlook on comments. Jobs as Genius. Jobs as Creep.

PERSONAL LIFE
Steve married Laurene Powell on March 18, 1991. Had 3 children Reed, Erin & Eve Jobs. In 2004, Jobs announced to have tumor in his pancreas. On July 31 - had surgery to remove the tumor. In 2009 Jobs went on 6 months leavefor liver transplant.

RECENT UPDATES
Apple has total of 284 retail stores Last quarter they had 50,000,000 visitors. App stores 140,000 applications. 3 billion applications downloaded in 18 months Fiscal quarter of 2010 ended with $15.6 bn of revenue making Apple Inc. a more than $50 bn company. Apple is largest mobile devices company in the world.

QUOTE
We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. - Steve Jobs

CONCLUSION
Steve Jobs - extraordinary man by standards. Left mark in 4 industries:
PC Music Phone Animation

Changed million of lives by making technology easy to use. You know what the BEST part is?
HE s NOT DONE YET!!!

THANK YOU!!!

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