
NAME: Steven Paul Jobs
BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco
DIED: October 2011
EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland,
FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna and Eve; plus daughter,
CAREER: He was worked for video game maker Atari before founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976 in Jobs' garage. Launched the Mac in 1984. But a year later, Jobs was pushed out as Apple's chairman. He returned to advise the company in 1996. After a stint as interim CEO, he took the helm of Apple Inc. permanently in 2000 and oversaw the launch of the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
Took third medical leave in January 2011 and resigned as CEO in August. Elected Apple chairman.
Steven Paul Jobs graduate students who gave him up for adoption. Smart directionl and Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs' family garage.His father, Abdulfattah Jandali, was a Syrian political science professor and his mother, Joanne Simpson, worked as a speech therapist. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern science technolog.