Steve Jobs was born in 1955 and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He dropped out of college but had a passion for technology which led him to jobs at Atari and Apple. At Apple, Jobs helped develop pioneering products like the Mac, iPod, iPhone and MacBook Pro. He also co-founded Pixar, which became hugely successful producing animated films. Throughout his career, Jobs displayed strong vision and focus on technology that drove Apple's success.
2. General Information Steve jobs was born 24-2-1955, he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Santa Clara County, CA. He went to Homestead High School in California and attended Reed College Portland, Oregon.
3. Interests Steve Jobs had a deep interest in technology so he enrolled in a job at Atari as a video game maker/designer. There at Atari he met a fellow designer, Steve Wozniak who at that time figured out how to make free long distance calls with a whistle from a Captain Crunch cereal box.
4. Product, Mac, Apple All this experience helped Steve make a computer called the mac and a business called Apple. Steve wanted a very simple computer compared to Microsoft's PC. Over time he has developed some of the world's most popular mp3 players and music devices such as the iPod, iPhone, Macbook Pro.
5. Job Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple. Apple's headquarter is in Cupertino, CA. Apple has about 30,000 employees now.
6. Another Company Steve Jobs also made Pixar. Pixar is the company that brings you the great graphic animation movies like Monsters Inc., Cars, Walle, Up and many more. Mostly their movies are for children. Now Pixar is owned by the Walt Disney Company.
7. Difficulties Many people would think that to start a multibillion dollar company you would have to get through college. Steve Jobs dropped out of college and teamed up with a man called Steve Wozniak who is the co-founder of Apple
8. Characteristics Steve jobs always had a passion for technology. An insider named Edgar Wooland Jr. says Steve was a very focused and had a very strong feelings about the way of things in his company. He said Steve had joined the homebrew computers club when he was young and he always loved computers.