Steve Jobs

CEO, Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation.

Presentation By: Neha Gupta Vikram Tomar Soni Kumari Kanika Khanna Anish

CONTENTS

Early Years

History in the Making

Insanely Great Products

Apple, Pixar and NeXT

The 3 Stories

Visionary, Innovator, Entreprenur

EARLY YEARS

 Born on 24th Feb, 1955 in San Francisco, Steve was an adopted son. Did his schooling from Cupertino Junior High School and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. In 1972, Jobs graduated from high school and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Although he dropped out after only one semester. In 1974, Jobs returned to California and began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Wozniak. He took a job as a technician at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games. Jobs then travelled to India with a Reed College friend (and, later, the first Apple employee), Daniel Kottke, in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jobs returned to his previous job at Atari and was given the task of creating a circuit board.

INSANELY GREAT PRODUCTS

The Big 3

NeXT Computers

The workstations that could have changed the world

The NeXT Cube- Steve Jobs' desire to build the perfect computer, originally for higher education. First system to implement high level operating system. The original World Wide Web was developed on this system. High end-pricing resulted in the downfall of the system

The NeXT Station- NeXT's attempt to save the company. Introduced in September 1990, it was basically a smaller and cheaper Cube.

PIXAR

The workstations that could have changed the world

o Bought by Steve Jobs The NeXT Cube- was fired from Apple. in 1986 after he Steve Jobs' desire to build the perfect computer, originally for higher education. First system to o The Most Critically Acclaimed film studio of all time. implement high level operating system. The original World Wide o Has received twenty-two Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys making Web was developed on this system. High end-pricing resulted in a whooping $5.5billion worldwide. the system the downfall of o Bought by Disney in 2006 for $7.4 billion, Steve Jobs is a member of the Board of directors of Walt Disney now. o Some of the greatest earners include Toy Story, Monsters Inc. , The Incredibles, Cars, Finding Nemo etc. o Jobs' new Disney holdings (7%) exceed holdings belonging to previous top shareholder exThe NeXT Station- NeXT's attempt to save the CEO Michael Eisner (1.7%) by a huge margin company. Introduced in September 1990, it was basically a smaller and cheaper Cube.

NeXT PIXAR Computers

THE 3 STORIES

VISIONARY
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Personal Computing, from a garage.

The education and small business industries.

Apple has now achieved Fortunes Most Admired Company status third year in a row.

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I have a bit of that vision thing and I am not afraid to start from the beginning.

INNOVATOR
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An endless list of First Evers attributed to the man. The PC, the iPod, the Mac, the iPad, the Animation film and many more.. Products, products and products

When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. -- Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998

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Innovation is what distinguishes a Leader from a follower.

ENTREPRENEUR
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Nonconformity- He is an independent soul.

Great marketing strategy.

Achievement Motivation- His most obvious trait indeed.

It is hard to imagine anyone who is more nonconformist than Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

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RUPERT MURDOCH

CONTENTS

The Media Magnet

Overview

The Media Empire

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The Media Magnet

OVERVIEW

 Australian-American media magnate born in 1931, Melbourne. Founder, Chairman, and CEO of News Corporation, one of the largest media conglomerate .

Listed 3 times in the Time 100 as one among the most influential people in the world. Murdoch created a media empire that was like his personalitycontradictory, large, and dominating. Ranked the 13th most powerful person in the world in 2010 by Forbes. Ranked the 117th wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $6.3 billion.

THE MEDIA EMPIRE

 Building a Media Empire, starting at home :

Childhood : his father was a regional newspaper magnate based in Melbourne. Studies : Oxford University, studied PPE program (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). At the age of 22, takes charge of the family business due to fathers death. Acquisition and expansion in Australia : 1950s : provincial newspapers (Queensland, Victoria) 1964 : launched The Australian, 1st Australian national daily newspaper. 1972 : acquisition of Sydneys morning tabloid, the Daily Telegraph.

 Building a global Media Empire : News Corporation

Created by Murdoch from the assets he inherited in 1952 following the death of his father, Sir Keith Murdoch, and subsequent expansion. Started with international acquisitions in the 1980s : The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times Diversity of supports : Edition : HarperCollins, Zondervan Newspapers : The Daily Telegraph (Australia), The Sun (UK), The Times (UK), the NY Post, The Wall Street Journal Magazines : GQ, Vogue TV/Studios : Fox (News, Movies, Networks, Life), 20th Century Fox, Sky TV Internet : MySpace, IGN Entertainment Tablet : The Daily

"You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.

"Is there any other industry in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?"

We have no intention of failing. The only question is how great a success we'll have.

For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.

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A visionary implementing an innovative strategy on the Internet, tablets

An old man seeking more and more power in owning the media

A dangerous A has been paying content has no future on the Internet

media magnate
seeking control of information and expanding its conservative viewpoint

Thank You!