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The Life of Steve Jobs

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The Life of Steve Jobs. Nick Adams Matthew Radke Stacey McMillin. Young Steven Jobs. Born on February 24 th , 1955 in San Francisco, California Put up for adoption a week after birth Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college. Education.

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The Life of Steve Jobs Nick Adams Matthew Radke Stacey McMillin

Young Steven Jobs • Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California • Put up for adoption a week after birth • Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college

Education • Skipped 5th grade • Took his first electronics class in high school • After school, attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard company where he met Steve Wonzniak during work

Education (Cont.) • Graduated high school in 1972 • Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon • Dropped out after one semester • Slept on his friends dorm room floor and dropped in on classes of interest

The Beginning of A Career • Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari • Attended meetings at Wozniak’s “Homebrew Computer Club” • Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building computers

Apple • Born on April 1st, 1976 • Apple I designed and prototype built • First single board computer with built-in video interface

Apple (Cont.) • Apple II designed in the following year • Operating System loaded automatically • Smaller Components & built-in circuitry • In 1976, Jobs looked to hire a public relations agency to help advertise

Smooth Sailing • Most investors turned Apple down • Retired Intel executive Mike Markkula decided to invest • Markkula became chairman of Apple in May 1977

Smooth Sailing (Cont.) • Became publicly traded company in 1980 • Launched LISA in 1983 • First commercial computer to use GUI • Unpopular due to its few software programs and high price

Smooth Sailing (Cont.) • Macintosh created to compete with PC • Marketed for friendliness, not just a mindless machine • Very popular – sold approximately 70,000 Macs in the first 100 days

The Downfall • Sales began to plunge • Wozniak quit Apple in 1985 • Board members of Apple met on May 28th, 1985 and each voted on the removal of Steve from the company

Still Looking Up • After taking time off, Jobs wanted to get back to Apple and his love for computers • Decided to start his own company • Founded NeXT Computer in 1989

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • NeXT turned a profit for the first time in 1992 • NeXT software needed to be made more reliable and compatible for consumers • Company slowly starts going downhill

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • Jobs was criticized for wasting money that belonged to the company in 1993 • Closed a NeXT factory in that February • Laid off half of the employees and stopped making computers

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • Jobs had to make drastic decisions • Microsoft purchased NeXT software • Microsoft came up with $150 million to stake in Apple • Saved a dying company.

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • Jobs management style had drastically changed • Relaxed and was open to suggestions • Employees commented that Jobs made experimenting with electronics fun

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • Jobs began looking into alternatives to Object Linking and Embedding • Created OpenDoc • Jobs was very serious about this

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • NeXT STEP software was being turned into Mac OS X • Under Jobs’ guidance the company increased sales • Introduced the iMac and other new products

Still Looking Up (Cont.) • Jobs held the title of ICEO • Very influential impact on the Apple company • By the year 2000, he created even greater advances in new technology

The New Beginning • In early 2000, Pixar leads animated film industry • Later that month, Jobs announced his return to the CEO position • Insisted on keeping his $1 annual salary

The New Beginning (Cont.) • Although his salary was low, the company granted him ten million shares of Apple stock worth hundreds of millions

The New Beginning (Cont.) • First project as CEO was the G4 Cube • Was too expensive and didn’t satisfy a certain market • Lasted only twelve months in Apple’s line-up

The New Beginning (Cont.) • The next step for Steve was his newest operating system, Mac OS X • The future of Apple

The New Beginning (Cont.) • Apple wanted software to sync up digital devices • Was turned down by most companies • Jobs took matters into his own hands and created iLife suite.

The New Beginning (Cont.) • In 2001, Jobs opened Apple retail stores so customers could: • Try out computers • Test software • Meet with salespeople • This was a large risk but he knew that people would want to buy them

Portable Audio Revolution • Less than a year after iTunes was released, Apple released the iPod • Originally only for Mac users • In July 2002, the new iPod was available for Windows users as well • Sales skyrocketed and 75% of MP3 players are iPods

Portable Audio Revolution (Cont.) • In eight weeks, five million songs were sold on iTunes • Took over 80% of the legal music downloading market

More Successful Changes • June 6th, 2005, Jobs announced switch from PowerPC chips to Intel chips. • This would conserve energy on PowerBook and iBook

More Successful Changes (Cont.) • October 2005, 5th generation of iPod was introduced • Could play music videos and TV shows • Jobs announced the opening of the iTunes video store

Pixar • Pixar was Jobs’ second company • Swept the box office with its animated films • On January 24th, 2006, Disney bought out Pixar for $7.4 billion

Conclusion • Despite a recent scare with pancreatic cancer, Jobs is back in health and doing just fine • Jobs is an influential man who learned from his failures and gained maturity from them • True role model

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Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

American businessman, inventor, and designer who

changed the world of technology.

By: Aimee Bate

Born in San Francisco on February 24 th 1955
Moved to Mountain View, California at age 5
Was hired at HP as a summer job and worked with other Apple founder, Steve Wozniak
After high school, he applied to Reed College in Portland, Oregon

Family Life

Was adopted at birth by Paul and Clara Jobs
Met his biological sister, Mona Simpson, for the first time in 1985
Jobs had a wife, Laurene who had been married for 20 years
He had 3 children, Reed, Erin and Eve and a previous child from another relationship

Early Career

Got a job as a technician in 1974 at Atari, Inc.
Traveled to India for 7 months
Returned to Atari and was offered a job for helping to invent the game Breakout
Started attending Homebrew Computer club meetings with Wozniak in 1975
Steve introduced the Macintosh computer during an Apple commercial aired during the Super Bowl I n 1984
Co-workers of Steve found him a erratic and temperamental manager which threatened his career and his working relationships
After finding out Steve was planning a boardroom coup (sudden overthrow of the management or governing body of a corporation by an individual or small group of individuals) his management removed him from head of the Macintosh division
Steve resigned from Apple and found NeXT, Inc that same year

Apple Career

Inventions and life

NeXT Computer was invented in 1985 along with NeXTcube, and NeXTmail
NeXT Computer made a profit of $7 million
In 1986 Jobs bought Graphics Group (now known as Pixar) for $10 million
In 1996, Apple bought NeXT Computer, bringing Steve back to his co-founded company

Health Issues

In October 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with cancer and in 2004 he announced he had a tumor in his pancreas
Jobs refused to have surgery for the tumor and instead tried a vegan diet, herbal remedies, and acupuncture
In July 2004, he finally underwent surgery that seemed to successfully remove the tumor
Jobs died at his house in California around 3 pm on October 5 th 2011
Thoughts, memories and condolences were sent to a specific email and are now posted on the Steve Jobs memorial page
ABC, CBS, and NBC interrupted regular TV to broadcast the news
Apple and Microsoft flew their flags half-staff to show appreciation from October 6 th and 12 th , 2011

Honors and Recognition

Was awarded National Medal of Technology by president Ronald Reagan in 1985
In August 2009, Jobs was elected as the most admired entrepreneur in a survey by Junior Achievement
A statue was built and is displayed at Graphisoft Park, Budapest

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