Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (pronounced {{IPA|/d?o?bz/}}) (born February 24, 1955) is the CEO of Apple Computer and a leading figure in the computer industry. As co-founder (with Steve Wozniak) of Apple in 1976, he helped popularize the concept of the home computer with the Apple II. Later, he was one of the first to see the commercial potential of the GUI and mouse developed at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, and saw that these technologies were incorporated into the Apple Macintosh. Today as the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs is known to be the man behind the recovery of Apple Computer, especially through an idea he pushed for, the iPod. Jobs is also chairman and CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, a leading producer of computer-animated feature films.

Controversy

The aggressive and demanding personality of Steve Jobs has been much talked and written about, with a number of unauthorized biographies, The Little Kingdom by Michael Moritz, by Jeffrey S. Young, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs by Alan Deutschman and iCon Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon.

Related Topics:
The Little Kingdom - Michael Moritz - Jeffrey S. Young - The Second Coming of Steve Jobs - Alan Deutschman - ICon Steve Jobs - William L. Simon

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In the documentary Triumph of the Nerds, Jobs' famous firing from Apple Computer by CEO John Sculley and the Apple Board of Directors was talked about by various people:

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