"STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH" -Steve JobsSTEVE JOBS : This Apple founder is now a household name. Jobs was given away for adoption by his biological parents and he became interested in electronics after his foster dad showed him the joys of technical tinkering in their garage. He had to drop out of college, because his education was costing his foster parents a lot. He used to return Coke bottles for money and live on free meals at the Hare Krishna temple. A hippie who used to trip on LSD, Jobs went from a technician in Atari, Inc. to becoming the CEO of Apple Inc.
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne together founded the Apple Computers in the 1970s.
Steve Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa. On January 24, 1984 he introduced the Macintosh to an enthusiastic audience.
Steve Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa. On January 24, 1984 he introduced the Macintosh to an enthusiastic audience.
However, due to his ”erratic and temperamental” behavior as described by employees at the time, he often faced problems at Apple Computers. He also apparently kept meetings running past midnight and then called new meetings at 7:00 am. On May 24, 1985, Apple’s board removed Jobs from his managerial duties as head of the Macintosh division.
Jobs founded NeXT Computer in 1985, with $7 million. In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm’s computer graphics division for the price of $10 million. The first film produced by the partnership, Toy Story, with Jobs credited as executive producer.
In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NeXT for $427 million, thus welcoming Steve Jobs back to the company. In 2005 Jobs admitted that being fired from Apple was the best thing that happened to him.
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