Steve Jobs

Extracted Attributes

• Awards

  Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022, posthumous), National Medal of Technology and Innovation

• Education

  Reed College (withdrew), De Anza College

• Full Name

  Steven Paul Jobs

• Nationality

  American

• Occupations

  Businessman, Inventor, Investor, Entrepreneur, Industrial Designer, Media Proprietor

• Patents Held

  Over 450 (141 posthumously)

• Date of Birth

  1955-02-24

• Date of Death

  2011-10-05

• Place of Birth

  San Francisco, California, United States

• Place of Death

  Palo Alto, California, United States

• Adoptive Father

  Paul Jobs

• Adoptive Mother

  Clara Jobs

• Biological Father

  Abdulfattah "John" Jandali

• Biological Mother

  Joanne Carole Schieble (later Joanne Simpson)

Timeline

• Born in San Francisco, California. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Web Search)

  1955-02-24

• Attended Reed College before withdrawing the same year. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikidata)

  1972

• Traveled through India seeking enlightenment and later studied Zen Buddhism. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1974

• Co-founded Apple Computer Inc. with Steve Wozniak. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1976

• Apple II was produced and sold, bringing fame and wealth. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1977

• Saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto's mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI). (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1979

• The Apple Lisa, a largely unsuccessful computer, was developed. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1983

• The Macintosh, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI, was released. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1984

• Departed Apple after a power struggle with the company's board and CEO John Sculley. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1985

• Founded NeXT, a computer platform development company. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1985

• Bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off as Pixar. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1986

• Pixar produced *Toy Story*, the first computer-animated feature film. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1995

• Returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT, playing a key role in its revival. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1997

• Became a board member at Gap Inc. (until 2002). (Source: Wikipedia)

  1999

• Diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2003

• Died of tumor-related respiratory arrest in Palo Alto, California. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Web Search)

  2011-10-05

• Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2022

Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 and adopted shortly afterwards. He attended Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year. In 1974, he traveled through India, seeking enlightenment before later studying Zen Buddhism. He and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to further develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together, the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with production and sale of the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the largely unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. The Macintosh launched the desktop publishing industry in 1985 (for example, the Aldus Pagemaker) with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics and PostScript. In 1985, Jobs departed Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO, John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took some Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets, serving as its CEO. In 1986, he bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off independently as Pixar. Pixar produced the first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story (1995), and became a leading animation studio, producing dozens of commercially successful and critically acclaimed films. In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT. He was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with British designer Jony Ive to develop a line of products and services that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning with the "Think different" advertising campaign, and leading to the iMac, iTunes, Mac OS X, Apple Store, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone, App Store, and iPad. Jobs was also a board member at Gap Inc. from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. He died of tumor-related respiratory arrest in 2011; in 2022, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Since his death, he has won 141 patents; Jobs holds over 450 patents in total.

Web Search Results

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  Steve Jobs was an American inventor, designer, and entrepreneur who was the cofounder, chief executive, and chairman of Apple Inc. Born in 1955 to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption, Jobs was smart but directionless, dropping out of college and experimenting with different pursuits before cofounding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs left the company in 1985, launching Pixar Animation Studios, then returned to Apple more than a decade later. The tech [...] Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco to Joanne Schieble (later Joanne Simpson) and Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students. The couple gave up their unnamed son for adoption. As an infant, Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant, and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. [...] Search Close Opt-Out Icon Logo # Steve Jobs In 1976, Steve Jobs cofounded Apple Computer Inc. with Steve Wozniak. Under Jobs’ guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad. Open share options steve jobs smiles and looks past the camera, he is wearing a signature black turtleneck and circular glasses with a subtle silver frame, behind him is a dark blue screen

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  Steve Jobs (born February 24, 1955, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died October 5, 2011, Palo Alto, California) was the cofounder of Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.), and a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era. Founding of Apple ----------------- [...] Steve Jobs was a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era. With Steve Wozniak, Jobs founded Apple Inc. in 1976 and transformed the company into a world leader in telecommunications. Widely considered a visionary and a genius, he oversaw the launch of such revolutionary products as the iPod and the iPhone. ### What was Steve Jobs’s early life like? [...] Steve Jobs ========== American businessman Print Cite Share Links Also known as: Steven Paul Jobs Written bySteven Levy Steven Levy Senior editor, _Newsweek,_ New York City. Author of _Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology_ and others. Fact-checked byThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

• Steve Jobs | EBSCO Research Starters

  Steve Jobs was a prominent figure in the technology and entertainment industries, known for his role as the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios. Born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, he was adopted shortly after birth and exhibited a natural curiosity and intelligence from an early age. Jobs, alongside his friend Steve Wozniak, launched Apple Computer in the mid-1970s, which quickly gained fame with the release of the Apple II and later the Macintosh, [...] Steve Jobs was one of the leading innovators of the information age. Throughout his career as chief executive officer (CEO) of both Apple and Pixar Animation Studios, he consistently raised the bar on industry standards in computing and digital media. Jobs's quest for innovation was coupled with his desire to create rather than follow trends, a tendency that earned him the respect of competitors and consumers alike. Jobs's charisma and ability to convince others of the importance of his ideas [...] Introduction Early Life Life's Work Personal Life Posthumous Recognition and Coverage Bibliography # Steve Jobs Cofounder and former chairman and CEO of Apple Born: February 24, 1955 Birthplace: San Francisco, California Died: October 5, 2011 Place of death: Palo Alto, California Primary Company/Organization: Apple ## Introduction

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  IntroductionIn a clear, elegant biographical voice, Walter Isaacson provides an unflinching portrait of the most important technological and innovative personality of the modern era: Apple’s founder and chief thinker, Steve Jobs. Through a series of unprecedented interviews with Jobs—as well as interviews with more than 100 friends, family members, colleagues, adversaries, admirers, and imitators—Isaacson documents the transformation of an ambitious Silicon Valley whiz kid into one of the most [...] Walter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. [...] Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

• Steve Jobs

  Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, on February 24, 1955, to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali (Arabic: عبد الفتاح الجندلي). Abdulfattah Jandali was born in a Muslim household to wealthy Syrian parents, the youngest of nine siblings. After obtaining his undergraduate degree at the American University of Beirut, Jandali pursued a PhD in political science at the University of Wisconsin. There, he met Joanne Schieble, an American Catholic of Swiss-German

• Award

  National Medal of Technology and Innovation

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  De Anza College

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  computer scientist

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  2/24/1955

• Date Of Death

  10/5/2011

• Notable Work

  Q2766

• Place Of Birth

  San Francisco

• Place Of Death

  Palo Alto

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. He is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs was born in San Francisco to a Syrian father and German-American mother. He was adopted shortly after his birth. Jobs attended Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year. In 1974, he traveled through India seeking enlightenment before later studying Zen Buddhism. He and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with production and sale of the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. The Macintosh introduced the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics. In 1985, Jobs was forced out of Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO, John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took a few Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. The new company was Pixar, which produced the first 3D computer-animated feature film Toy Story (1995) and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 25 films since. In 1997, Jobs returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT. He was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with English designer Jony Ive to develop a line of products that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning with the "Think different" advertising campaign and leading to the Apple Store, App Store (iOS), iMac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and iTunes Store. In 2001, the original Mac OS was replaced with the completely new Mac OS X (now known as macOS), based on NeXT's NeXTSTEP platform, giving the operating system a modern Unix-based foundation for the first time. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. He died of respiratory arrest related to the tumor on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56. In 2022, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.