2. Steven Paul Jobs
• Born in 1955 in Green
Bay, Wisconsin
• Adopted by Paul and
Clara Jobs to live in
Santa Clara, California
• Graduated high school
in Cupertino,
California,
• Reed collage
• OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Co
mputer
3. Education
• Jobs went to Reed
College in Portland
Oregon
• He studied Poetry,
Literature, and Physics
• After one semester,
Jobs dropped out of
school, but still
attended some classes
4. EDUCATION CAREER OF STEVE JOBS
Steve job attended Cupertino Middle School and Homestead High School, both in
Cupertino, California, USA. He attended after school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard
Company, where he was later hired. He worked there with Steve Wozniak as a summer
employee After high school, he attended Reed College in Portland, for one semester, and
then dropped out Two years later, in 1974, he started going to meetings for the
“Homebrew Computer Club” with Steve Wozniak in California Jobs took a job at Atari, a
popular video game company, as a technician, hoping to save enough money for a spiritual
retreat to India He came back from the trip, head shaved, wearing traditional Indian
clothing, and ready to go back to Atari.
5. Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with
different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with
Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs's family garage. Apple's
revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone
and iPad , are now seen as dictating the evolution of
modern technology.
6. BEST KNOWN FOR
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak. Under his
guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies
including the iPhone and iPad.
7. The Beginnings of Apple
• After spending time in
India in 1974, Jobs
returned to America
• He visited with Woz
the homebrew
computer club, but
was not content with
just the creation of
electronics.
8. • Jobs convinced Woz to help him create a
personal computer, the Apple I
• Jobs, with marketing help from a friend,
had the vision of creating a computer
company that would make and sell pc’s.
• After showing the Apple I to in town
computer stores, Jobs was able to sell 25.
• After selling his Volkswagon mini-bus, and
asking Woz to sell his scientific calculator,
the two raised enough money to create
Apple Computers.
9. Apple
• Jobs and Woz sold the
Apple I in 1976 for
$666, making over
$776,000 from sales
• In 1977, the two
released the Apple
II, a single board
computer with
onboard ROM and a
color video interface.
10. Positive Growth
• From 1977 to 1983, Apple continued to
grow exponentially.
• In 1981, IBM finally entered the personal
computer market, and in just two years
began to outsell Apple.
• After the failure of the Apple III and Lisa,
Jobs needed a new computer that could
compete with the IBM PC.
11. The Second Coming of Jobs
• In 1996, Apple bought
NeXT, and with it
came Steve Jobs.
• In 2000, Jobs became
the full CEO of
Apple, after the
success of the
iMac, the first
computer mainly
marketed for its looks.
12. Return to Profitability and
Innovation
• Jobs continues to
innovate the computer
industry, spearheading
projects like the iPod,
iTunes and its Music
Store, and high end
computer
• Under Jobs’ watch, Apple
has entered a new phase
of growth and
profitability, fueled by his
imagination and quest for
perfection
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17. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc, at the first West Coast Computer Faire,
where the Apple II computer was debuted, in Brooks Hall, San Francisco, California, April
16th or 17th, 1977
19. Steve Jobs unveils Apple Computer Corporation's new Macintosh February 6,
1984 in California. Jobs designed, built and introduced the Apple computer, a
user-friendly alternative to IBM's personal computer with Steve Wozniak in
1976.
20. CIRCA 1983: Apple computer Chrmn. Steve Jobs w. new LISA computer during press
preview.
21. CEO of NeXT Computer Corp. Steve Jobs sits June 1995 in Palo Alto, CA. Jobs, co-founder
of Apple Computers, left the company after a power struggle with John Sculley to create
NeXT corporation
22. CEO of NeXT Computer Corp. Steve Jobs stands with Ross Perot January 29, 1987.
23. Steve Jobs introduces his new company NeXT computer system October 12, 1988 in
San Francisco, CA
25. Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs in July 1999 carrying new iBook, laptop
computer w. built-in handle, Apple's iMac to go
26. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, delivers his keynote address at the MacWorld Expo in
San Francisco January 9, 2001 in San Francisco. Jobs announced a newly redesign G4
Titanium Powerbook, new configurations of the G4 desktops as well as new audio and
DVD software.
27. Apple CEO Steve Jobs poses with the new 30-inch flat panel display as he
delivers the keynote address at the 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference
June 28, 2004 in San Francisco, California. Jobs announced the 2005 release of
OSX Tiger and a new line of flat panel cinema displays including the first 30-
inch model designed for the personal computer.
28. Jobs with Bono and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family
of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California
29. Jobs holds a new iPod with video capabilities as he delivers a keynote address October
12, 2005 in San Jose, California. Jobs announced a new iPod that plays video, a new iMac
and new version of iTunes that allows people to purchase videos and television shows.
30. Steve Jobs talks with Beck who performed at the launch of the iTunes Music Store in
Japan at the Tokyo International Forum, August 4, 2005.
31. Jobs poses with musician John Legend during an Apple media event September 12, 2006 in
San Francisco. Jobs announced new iPods and video downloads from iTunes as well as a
sneak peek at a device tenatively called iTV which allows you to channel iTunes to your
television.