Biography
of: Steve Jobs
Trabalho Feito Por : Marcos R. e Wesley H. Dias
Steven Paul Jobs was born in
São Francisco on February 24, 1955. He was grew up on Mountain View in California. His first design lessons were learned during the time he spent in the garage with his father.
Upon completion of his studies in high school, he was hired as a temporary employee at HP, where he met his future partner and partner Steve Wozniak. In 1972, he enrolled at Reed University, who left after one semester and started attending some of the courses offered by the place, as the course of calligraphy, something that reflected years later in the sources used by Mac computers. He was hired as technician at Atari two years later. He worked at the company long enough to make a spiritual journey to India, where he converted to Buddhism.
Upon completion of his studies in high school, he was hired as a temporary employee at HP, where he met his future partner and partner Steve Wozniak. In 1972, he enrolled at Reed University, who left after one semester and started attending some of the courses offered by the place, as the course of calligraphy, something that reflected years later in the sources used by Mac computers. He was hired as technician at Atari two years later. He worked at the company long enough to make a spiritual journey to India, where he converted to Buddhism.
On April 1, 1976, along with
Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne called an investor, he founded Apple Computer
Inc., aimed at producing computers for personal use. Eleven days later hit
stores the first creation of the company, the Apple I, and the next year the
Apple II, the first personal effects machine to gain commercial success. In
1982 it came the Apple Lisa and in 1984 one of his greatest creations, the
Macintosh. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1986 by John Sculley, the Pepsi leader
who himself had hired. Away from the Apple he founded NeXT Computer and
acquired animation division of Lucasfilm, Pixar. In 1997 the executive back the
company he helped found. Under his leadership, Apple canceled its licensing
agreements computers and reduced its product line. In 1998 the company launched
its first product under the new administration Jobs, the first generation of
iMac that featured bright colors and initiating the all-in-one. In 2001 came
the two main products of the company in the decade: the OS X and the famous
iPod.
Steve Jobs died on October
5, 2011 following a rare pancreatic cancer that affects the exocrine functions
of the body, against which fought since 2004.
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