By: Sittha Chadha 8E

EARLY YEARS:
Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco on 24 February 1955. His biological parents were two unmarried university students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah John. He was adopted by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs at birth. He always reffered his adopted parents as his real parents. He stated in his authorized biography that they "were my parents 1,000%

APPLE: A REVOLUTION
He along with his friend Wozs started to work on a computer board to design their own computer which they sold later. Apple Computer was born. Next came the breakthrough, Apple II and Steve made a deal of $250,000. Apple II became a revolution due to its advanced hardware feature, graphics and compatible software. Within four years in December 1980 the company went public. Steve Jobs net worth passed the $200 million when he was only 25.

Machinotsh to Toy Story

Due to his temperamental attitude he was thrown out of Lisa project. His passion took him to towards developing Macinotosh,a computer as easy to use as a toaster. Macs team became initially successful and Lisa proved to be a failure. Due to continuous failure, Steve lost all his managerial duties, though he was still the chairman. Later Steve incorporated with George Lucas to make animated movies and Pixar was launched. During the next few years he left Apple and launched Next, company that made computer for students and researchers. His life went through a roller coaster ride till the box office success of Toy story, an animated movie. His net worth raised to over $1.5 billion five times the money he had ever made at Apple in the 1980s !

In the years to come Steve Jobs went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the world. He not only joined back Apple but took it to new heights. The digital hug strategy made people think different as what Steve wanted. New benchmarks we laid. Another revolution was launched in shape of iPod, the digital boom box. Apple became a world renowned brand name within a few years. In January 2007,Steve Jobs introduced iPhone at Macworld. IPhone will surely go down in history as the first digital convergence device, equivalent to putting a computer, an iPod and a phone in your pocket. In January Steve unveiled iPad, Apples iOS-based tablet. Steve Jobs is now widely acknowledged as one the worlds most eminent business executives and an unrivaled visionary. He has changed millions of lives by making technology easy-to-use, exciting and beautiful.