Today is the 57th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955.
Steve Jobs was a college dropout when he teamed up with Steve Wozniak in 1976 to sell personal computers assembled in Jobs’ garage. That was the beginning of Apple, which revolutionized the computing industry and made Jobs a multimillionaire before he was 30 years old. He was forced out of the company in 1985 and started the NeXT Corporation, but returned to his old company in 1996 when Apple bought NeXT. Jobs soon became Apple’s chief executive officer and sparked a resurgence in the company with products like the colorful iMac computer, [Mac OS X, the iPod, and the iPhone]. Jobs was also the CEO of Pixar, the animation company responsible for movies like Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. Pixar was purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock; the deal made Jobs the largest individual shareholder of Disney stock.
Some sources list Los Altos, California as Jobs’s place of birth. However, in a 1995 oral history interview with The Smithsonian, Jobs said, “I was born in San Francisco, California, USA, planet Earth, February 24, 1955.” Jobs was given up for adoption after birth and raised by his adoptive parents in Silicon Valley… His biological sister is novelist Mona Simpson, author of “Anywhere But Here.”
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Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address:
MacDailyNews Take: Wish you were here, Steve!
He is greatly missed !!!!!
Happy Birthday Steve you will be missed by the millions you impacted with your amazing inventions 🙂
It makes me sad … Thank you Steve for ,everything !!!!
Happy Birthday Steve. We miss you deeply.
I miss you Steve. Thanks for Thinking Different
and in 3 days I will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of my birth. Funny it’s the same day as my Birthday….
A sad loss; I miss you, Steve. May God bless your soul, and may you find eternal peace.
If only Steve could be here to witness Apple’s progress. Oh BUT how his legacy resonates @ 1 Infinite Loop. The Apple story is FAR from over.
Happy birthday Steve. Hope your wife and children are doing well as they cope with the many firsts in their lives… First birthday of yours they can’t celebrate, first birthday of their’s that you’re not there for, first Thanksgiving, Christmas extra. It makes for an unusual year, or it did for me and the passing of my mother… Just hope the family is well during the memorable times of the first year without Steve. Thanks for everything Steve!
Happy Birthday Steve, Looking forward to see what Tim and Apple have planned Today to Honor You. Miss you Steve. I Will be replaying some keynotes today.
Happy birthday Steve! We miss you.
Happy birthday Steve. Wherever you are…
Gone far too soon. But he left an indelible mark on my life.
Happy birthday my friend you left us too soon the impact you made in may peoples lives will forever be appreciated.
Happy Birthday Steve and thanks for all the amazing stuff your vision has brought to life.
Happy Bday Steve. I miss you. We will kill Google, Samsung, MS and the world for you.
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Um, that is called a birthday. Happy Birthday Steve! You’re memory will live on!