Steve JobsResearching An Entrepreneur by Helen Mak

Background Youth

Born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955

adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs

moved from San Francisco to Mountain View, California when Jobs was five years old

Education

Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California

Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

Continue BackgroundJob Experience co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc

co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios

a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006

introducing the LaserWriter

1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT

CEO and majority shareholder to Pixar

CEO Apple

a board member at Gap Inc. from 1999 to 2002

Idea He started building the blue boxes that phone phreakers used to make free calls all around the nation at a young age. Then he started Apple Inc with his friend; Steve Wozniak. And Woznaik made the first Apple I, but it was Jobs who suggested selling it.

Initial Plans & Financing Before he died, he intended to accommodate more than 12,000 employees in a single, circular building. But sadly, his wish is not yet accomplished to this day.

Company OrganizationInternational Company

an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California

More than 47,000 employees

Established for 38 years

Personal CharacteristicsEntrepreneurial characteristics

Passionate

fearless 

unbelievable imagination

motivated

Strong Vision

Strong leadership

Continue Personal Characteristics

Personal Traits-available means

demanding perfectionist

aggressive

ruthless

mature

mellow individual

charismatic

Who They Arean American entrepreneur, marketer and

inventor

Creating IPhone, iPad, iPod, Macintosh

Introduced easy access to internet/application/games…on a travel-size object

World’s second largest information technology company by revenue after Samsung Electronics, and the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia

Future ProspectHe died

Apple will be replaced by Android in the future

Interesting Facts Steve’s original aspiration was to become a Buddhist Monk

He began Apple Computers, Inc., in 1976 with Steve Wozniak in his parents’ garage

Ronald Wayne was a third member

Apple Inc was named after the Beattles

He is a pescetarian

He dated John Baez

He is dyslexic

Was obsessed with type fonts and calligraphy

saw his first computer at age 12.

owned over 100 pairs of Levi jeans

he was fired from his own company

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