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Steven Paul Jobs

(February 24, 1955-October 5,2011)

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theiPad,iPhone,iPodmusic player, andMacintoshcomputer line-up. Wozniakeffectively createdApple Computeron April 1, 1976, with the release of theApple I, and incorporated the company on January 3, 1977, inCupertino, California. For more than two decades, Apple Computer was predominantly a manufacturer of personal computers, including theApple II,Macintosh, andPower Maclines, but it faced rocky sales and low market share during the 1990s.
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Apple's core product lines are

FoundersSteve JobsandSteve

 He was co-founder, chairman, and

chief executive officer ofApple Inc.

In the late 1970s, Apple co-founder

Steve Wozniakengineered one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, theApple II series. Jobs directed its aesthetic design and marketing. 4/26/12

In the early 1980s, Jobs was among

the first to see the commercial potential ofXerox PARC'smousedrivengraphical user interface, which led to the creation of theApple Lisa and, one year later, creation of Apple.
After losing a power struggle with the

board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and foundedNeXT, acomputer platformdevelopment company specializing in the higher4/26/12 education and business markets.

 In 1986, he acquired the

computer graphics division ofLucasfilm Ltd, which was spun off asPixar Animation Studios.
He was credited inToy

Story(1995) as an executive producer. He remainedCEOand majority shareholder at 50.1percent until its 4/26/12 acquisition byThe Walt Disney Companyin

 In 1996, NeXT was acquired by Apple. The

deal brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and provided Apple with theNeXTSTEPcodebase, from which theMac OS Xwas developed.
Jobs was named Apple advisor in 1996,

interim CEO in 1997, and CEO from 2000 until his resignation. He oversaw the development of theiMac,iTunes,iPod,iPhone, andiPadand the company'sApple Retail Stores 4/26/12

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