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.

Pixar

In 1986 Jobs and Edwin Catmull co-founded Pixar, an Emeryville, California computer animation studio. It was formed around what was originally Lucasfilm's computer graphics division, which Jobs bought from its founder, George Lucas, for $10 million, one-third of the asking price. Pixar became famous and successful nearly a decade later with the breakthrough feature movie Toy Story. It has since produced the award-winning films A Bug's Life in 1998, Toy Story 2 in 1999, Monsters, Inc. in 2001, Finding Nemo in 2003, and The Incredibles in 2004. Jobs' share is now worth about a billion dollars. Their next release, Cars, is due for a 2006 summer release.

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1986 - Edwin Catmull - Pixar - Emeryville, California - Computer animation - Lucasfilm - George Lucas - Toy Story - A Bug's Life - 1998 - Toy Story 2 - 1999 - Monsters, Inc. - 2001 - Finding Nemo - 2003 - The Incredibles - 2004 - Cars - 2006

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Finding Nemo and The Incredibles each received the Academy Award for best animation feature film.

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Academy Award - Best animation feature film

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