Steve Jobs

Full Name :- Steve Paul Jobs
Born :- February 24, 1955 ,San Francisco, California
Died :- October,5,2010 (Aged 56)
Religion :- Zen Buddhism
Occupation :- Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, Apple Inc,Co-founder and CEO, Pixar,Co-founder and CEO, NeXT Inc.
Nationality :- American

Early Life

-He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up with one sister, Patty. Paul Jobs was a machinist and fixed cars as a hobby. Jobs remembers his father as being very skilled at working with his hands.

-In 1961 the family moved to Mountain View, California. This area, just south of Palo Alto, California, was becoming a center for electronics. Electronics form the basic elements of devices such as radios, televisions, stereos, and computers. At that time people started to refer to the area as "Silicon Valley." This is because a substance called silicon is used in the manufacturing of electronic parts

As a child, Jobs preferred doing things by himself .

Apple & Personal Computer Era

-Jobs had realized there was
a huge gap in the computer market. At that time almost all computers were
mainframes. They were so large that one could fill a room, and so costly that
individuals could not afford to buy them. Advances in electronics, however,
meant that computer components were getting smaller and the power of the
computer was increasing.
Jobs and Wozniak redesigned their computer, with
the idea of selling it to individual users. The Apple II went to market in
1977, with impressive first year sales of $2.7 million. The company's sales
grew to $200 million within three years. This was one of the most phenomenal
cases of corporate growth in U.S. history. Jobs and Wozniak had opened an
entirely new market—personal computers. Personal computers began an entirely
new way of processing information.
By 1980 the personal computer era was well
underway. Apple was continually forced to improve its products to remain ahead,
as more competitors entered the marketplace. Apple introduced the Apple III,
but the new model suffered technical and marketing problems. It was withdrawn
from the market, and was later reworked and reintroduced.
Jobs continued to be the marketing force behind
Apple. Early in 1983 he unveiled the Lisa. It was designed for people
possessing minimal computer experience. It did not sell well, however, because
it was more expensive than personal computers sold by competitors. Apple's
biggest competitor was International Business Machines (IBM). By 1983 it was
estimated that Apple had lost half of its market share (part of an industry's
sales that a specific company has) to IBM.

The Macintosh

-In 1984 Apple introduced a revolutionary new model, the Macintosh. The on-screen display had
small pictures called icons. To use the computer, the user pointed at an icon
and clicked a button using a new device called a mouse. This process made the
Macintosh very easy to use. The Macintosh did not sell well to businesses, however.
It lacked features other personal computers had, such as a corresponding high
quality printer. The failure of the Macintosh signaled the beginning of Jobs's
downfall at Apple. Jobs resigned in 1985 from the company he had helped found,
though he retained his title as chairman of its board of directors.

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