Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

• Name: Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs • co-founder, chairman, and former

chief executive officer (1997-2011) of Apple

• Board member of: The Walt Disney Company.

Young Steven Jobs

• Born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco, California

• Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.

• 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

• Stayed and 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

• Debut at “Homebrew Computer Club”

• Steve convinced Wozniak to work with him in building computers

Apple

• Born in 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

• The Apple’s logo was designed by Wayne.

• 1977, Ronald Wayne sold his share.

Apple (contd..)

• Apple I designed and prototype built

• First single board computer with built-in video interface.

Apple (Cont.)

• Apple II designed in the following year i.e 1977

color graphicsopen arcchitecturefloppy disk driveSpreadsheet program

• 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• Decided to start his own company

• Founded NeXT Computer in 1985.• Technologically advanced• High cost• Marketed to scientific and academic

fields

Still Looking Up (Cont.)

• The Next cube – “interpersonal” computer.

• 1986 : bought the Graphics group PIXAR

• Pixar was Jobs’ second company• 1995 : “Toy Story ”, brought fame.

Pixar

Swept the box office for next 15 yrs with movies like:

• A Bug’s Life• Toy Story 2• Monsters• Finding Nemo• The incredibles• WALL-E

The New Beginning

• 1996 : Gil Amelio, CEO of Apple,purchased NeXT and NeXTSTEP opersting system.

• Bringing Jobs back to Apple as an advisor

• Late Jobs became ICEO.• 1997 : Collaboration with Microsoft and Apple store.

The New Beginning (Cont.)

1998 : iMac2001 : Mac OS X2001 : iPod2003 : iTunes Store2006 : MacBook Pro

The New Beginning (Contd.)

• In 2001, Jobs opened Apple retail stores so customers could:

1. Try out computers2. Test software3. Meet with salespeople

• This was a large risk but he knew that people would want to buy them

Beyond Expectation

• 2006 : Jobs became a member of the board of directors ofThe Walt Disney Company following acquisition of pixar by disney PIXAR.

• 2007 : Apple Inc. iPhone Apple TV

Beyond Expectation (Contd.)

• His salary was $1.

• Although his salary was low, the company granted him ten million shares of Apple stock worth hundreds of millions

Beyond Expectation(Contd.)

• 2010 : iPad -touch pad

-same OS and applications as of iPhone• There on apple again refreshed its

iPod,iPad,MP3 players etc

ON 5TH OCTOBER 2011 THE LEGEND TOOK HIS LAST BREATH.

IN HIS WORDS:NO ONE WANTS TO DIE.EVEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN DON’T WANT TO DIE TO GET THERE….YET DEATH IS THE DESTINATION WE ALL SHARE….DEATH IS VERY LIKELY THE SINGLE BIGGEST INVENTION OF LIFE. IT IS LIFE;S CHANGE AGENT.IT CLEARS OUT THE OLD TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW.

IN AUG 2004 STEVE UNDEWENT A SURGERY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER.IN 2009 HE WAS OPERATED ON FOR A LIVER TRANSPLANT.ON 17TH JAN 2011 HE ANNOUNCED FOR AN INDEFINITE LEAVE TO FOCUS ON HI HEALTH.NEWS WAS THERE THAT HE’LL DIE IN 6 MONTHS BUT HE REMAINED POSITIVE AND SAID THAT HI DISEASE WAS EXAGGERATED.

STEVE JOBS RESIGNED AS THE CEO OF APPLE ON 24TH AUGUST 2011.BUT HE RENAINED ACTIVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF APPLE TILL HIS LAST DAYS.

R.I.P STEVE JOBS

APPLE HAS REDEFINED THE MUSIC BUSINESS THROUGH THE iPoD,THE CELLPHONE BUSINESS

THROUGH iPhone,AND THE ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA WORLD THROUGH Ipad.AGAIN AND

AGAIN,JOBS GAMBLED THAT HE KNEW WHAT THE CUSTOMER WOULD WANT ,AND AGAIN AND

AGAIN HE WAS RIGHT.

“THE BIG THING ABOUT STEVE JOBS IS NOT THAT HE WAS A GENIUS OR HIS CHARISMA BUT HIS

EXTRAORDINARY RISK-TAKING AND HIS TENACITY.”

SAID ALAN DEUTCHMAN,WHO WROTE A BIOGRAPHY OF JOBS.

NO ONE WANTS TO DIE.EVEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN DON’T WANT TO DIE TO GET THERE….YET DEATH IS THE DESTINATION WE ALL SHARE….DEATH IS VEY LIKELY THE SINGLE BIGGEST INVENTION OF LIFE. IT IS LIFE;S CHANGE AGENT.IT CLEARS OUT THE OLD TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW.

STEVE JOBS.

R.I.P STEVE JOBS

“APPLE HAS BEEN SO INNOVATIVE BECAUSE STEVE TOOK MAJOR RISKS,WHICH IS RARE IN CORPORATE AMERICA.HE DIDN’T MARKET-TEST ANYTHING.IT WAS ALL HIS OWN JUDGEMENT AND PERFECTIONISM AND GUT.”

R.I.P STEVE JOBSAPPLE NAMED TIMOTHY D COOK ,ITS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TO SUCEED JOBS AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

THREE APPLES HAVE CHANGED THE

WORLD.ADAM’S,NEWTON’S, AND STEVE JOBS.

ONLINE CHAIN MAIL.

R.I.P STEVE JOBS

AMONG THE GREATEST OF AMERICAN INNOVATORS

-BRAVE ENOUGH TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ,BOLD ENOUGH TO BELIEVE HE COULD CHANGE THE

WORLD,AND TALENTED ENOUGH TO DO IT.

BARACK OBAMA:US PRESIDENT

R.I.P STEVE JOBS STEVE,THANK YOU FOR BEING A

MENTOR AND A FRIEND.THANKS FOR SHOWING WHAT YOUR BUILD CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.I WILL MISS

YOU.

MARK ZUCKERBERG: FACEBOOK FOUNDER & CEO

SIMPLY THE GREATEST CEO OF HIS GENERATION .

RUPERT MURDOCH :CEO , NEWSCORP

THE GREATEST INVENTOR SINCE THOMAS EDISON. STEVEN SPIELBERG :FILM-MAKER

THE MICHELANGELO OF THE COMPUTER EREA .HE DEMONSTRATED THAT GENIUS DOS NOT NEED AN EXPENSIVE,ELITE EDUCATION.NR NARAYANA MURTHY : INFOSYS FOUNDER

Ten Terms to Understand Steve Jobs

• Genius• Inventor• Leader• Visionary• Inspiring

• Brilliant• Risk taker• Hard worker• Curious• Passionate

Lessons…

• Never lose faith.• Believe in urself.• Love what you do.• courage to follow your heart.• Stay hungry…Stay foolish.