History of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Apple's destiny has been closely tied to Jobs, the short-tempered and charismatic leader who rescued the computer maker from near death in 1996 after a 12-year absence from the company he co-founded. His role in turning around the company into the electronics powerhouse of today is well-documented: the global spread of the iPhone, the rise of the iPad that single-handedly created the tablet market, and continued strong growth from a resurgent Mac line of computers. He had surgery in 2004 for an unusual type of tumor on his pancreas called a neuroendocrine tumor -- which often is not quite as deadly as pancreatic cancer. The tumors can cause hormone imbalances, like the one that prompted Jobs to take medical leave in 2009. Jobs had a liver transplant in 2009, and organ transplant recipients sometimes have recurring health issues for life, in part because they often must take immune-suppressing drugs to prevent organ rejection. In 1972, Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in Cupertino, California and enrolled in Reed College in Oregon. One semester later he dropped out. Jobs started Apple with a fellow college dropout Steve Wozniak in his family garage in Los Altos, California in April 1976. Jobs, then 21, was the "sales" guy, while Wozniak worked as an engineer. Born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco to then unmarried graduate student Joanne Carole Schieble and a Syrian father Abdulfattah Jandali, Steven Paul Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs, a middle-class American couple. Steve Jobs's quest for spiritual enlightenment brought him to India in the summer of 1974. Jobs came to India with one of his best friends from Reed College, Dan Kottke. One of the most admired CEOs, Jobs takes home a $1 salary. However, he owns some 5.5 million shares in the company, which are worth some $1.8 billion. Jobs married Laurene Powell, on March 18, 1991. The couple have a son, Reed Paul Jobs, and two other children. Steve also has a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), from his relationship with Bay Area painter Chrisann Brennan. She briefly raised their daughter on welfare when Jobs denied paternity, claiming that he was sterile; he later acknowledged paternity.

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