Forbes has released their list of The 400 Richest Americans – for the first time, everyone listed is a billionaire – with Apple CEO Steven Paul Jobs listed in the 49th slot with a net worth of $4.9 billion. Last year, Jobs was 67th on the list (up from 74th in 2004 and 78th in 2003).
Microsoft’s Bill Gates remains at the top of the list with a net worth of $53.0 billion.
Of Jobs, Forbes writes, “King of the iPods sold his Pixar Animation hit factory to Disney for $7.4 billion in May. Today Jobs is Disney’s largest shareholder; stake worth $4 billion. Convinced Google chief Eric Schmidt to join Apple board in August; duo likely to take on Microsoft. Adopted by working-class couple; dropped out of Reed College when he couldn’t pay tuition. Founded Apple in parents’ garage. Fired after power struggle with chief John Sculley 1985. Started Pixar; credited with computer-animated blockbusters Toy Story, Finding Nemo. Returned to Apple in 1996, created iPod; more than 40 million sold since debut in 2001. iTunes site sold 1 billionth song in February. In September added movie purchases to the iTunes store and previewed iTV, which streams movies from computer to TV. Shares up 50% in past year. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2004 and is said to be in full recovery.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Technically, Jobs was not “fired” in 1985, he resigned in protest after being stripped of his major duties by Apple’s Board of Directors. As of the end of June 2006, Apple has shipped over 60 million iPods, not 40 million, since the product’s debut in 2001.
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hmmm. Well, technically 60m is still more than 40m so they were partly right.
Founded Apple in parents’ garage. 49th richest American. One of the greatest minds out there. Way to go Steve. You’re an inspiration!
Way to go !!!!
> Started Pixar
No… he paid US$5 million to George Lucas and put US$5 million as capital into the company. (thanx wikipedia)
> iTunes site sold 1 billionth song in February.
yeps… and just past the 1.5 billionth song… but that’s only 50% more!
sigh.
Steve: we all made you enormously wealthy.
Don’t we deserve better care? Please read your own ‘discussions’ forums and take notice of the incredible problems your customers are having with your products.
Ignore us and the financial pain of your shareholders will be substantial – you appear immune from financial harm, but not all of us are as fortunate.
M.X.N.T.4.1.
Yes, but they could have also said “more than 10 ipods have been sold,” which is also technically right. What’s your point?
Peterson: What are you complaining about, exactly? Is it the highest consumer satisfaction rate in the industry? Yes, that’s really upsetting.
Hmmm…
49th with $4.9 billion?
49 is also written as Roman numeral “IL” (1 before 50).
And…
IL is the abbreviation of Illinois AND the internet country code of Israel (.il).
It is obvious that Steve Jobs’ true intent is to lead the Jews to Illinois and start a new technocratic society, where only the intelligent are allowed to run for office. The new leaders will meet on Steve’s yacht just east of Newfoundland, at 49ºN -49ºE.
M di L B Simoni,….
Just what I was thinking….hmmm…..
They failed to mention that it’s the iMac that brought Apple around, not the iPod, which didn’t come out for years after the iMac.
If it’s the highest customer satisfaction rating in the industry, how would one explain the fact that all week Apple’s discussions forums have been knocked off line by the avalanche of complaints and endless problems with everything from myraid hardward failures to a busted, premature release of iTunes 7, to ever increasing outcrys for help in the entirety of the iLife suite and on and on and on?
If customers are ‘satisfied’ with this incredibly poor performance by Apple, then we get what we deserve – inferior service, poor products, and headaches galore.
I trust you’re kidding? Of course people post their problems there, they do it to get help which as you see they get. But please remember that for a few thousand that feel the need to post there, the rest of us millions of Mac users are happy as Larry.
If you want be more specific, go ahead.
49 is also written as Roman numeral “IL” (1 before 50).
Roman numeral for 49 is XLI, not IL.
Yeah, it’s a joke, but it’s still wrong.
Oops, typo. I meant to type XLIX, but missed the second X. *sigh* I need to learn to type better.
“Technically, Jobs was not “fired” in 1985, he resigned in protest after being stripped of his major duties by Apple’s Board of Directors.”
–MDN
“…I’d just turned thirty, and then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started?”
“…turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
–Steve Jobs, commencement address, Stanford University, June 2005
On a side note…pop up ads that break Safari pop up blocker?
Way uncool Mac Daily…way uncool.
Forbes: Apple CEO Steve Jobs the 49th richest American with $4.9 billion
needs a comma after American. The way it reads now, there are 48 other Americans with $4.9 billion lined up ahead of him.
pete stfu you are always such an ass. windows ppl having problems on their macs is what i think because bill screwed up their thinking in the first place. my sister f’d up her mac in one month so bad that apple had to replace it so stfu pete. windoze users will f up a mac period cause they think they know how to use it. and if you are having problems w/ itunes7 then you are a total tool. it works great for most people especially those who have some intelligence and who are not dislexic windoze fanboys turned mac heads. so stfu already pete you really piss most ppl off and have nothing good to add to the converstation.
and i cant spell but i can still use itunes 7 w/ no problems
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”raspberry” style=”border:0;” /> and you are a tool pete peterson.
?what?
It’s not that I don’t know how to use iTunes. I do, I’ve been using every version from the first until now.
The problem is when I play a video, TV show or movie I get a slide show with sound. That didn’t happen with 6, it does happen now.
Since I know how to use iTunes, my thoughts are it must be version 7, not me.
BTW, Pete is a tool…
“more than 10 ipods sold since debut in 2001…”
Forbes could say this and be technically correct.
MW= “than” as in, 60 million is much more *than* 40 million