1974: Jobs landed at videogame

company Atari Inc.

At 20, he and a Iriend Steve Wozniak started
a company in a garage on April 1, 1976.

1975:Jobs and his Iriend Steve Wozniak created a
prototype computer in his parents' garage. A year
later, they both co-Iounded Apple Computer to sell
their machines. They started out with the Apple I.

1977: The Apple II is launched and became
the Iirst successIul mass-market computer.
It stayed in production Ior 16 years.

1980: Apple III launched as a commercial Iailure
because oI Iaulty construction

1983: Apple launched the Lisa, which was also unsuccessIul.
It was the Iirst personal computer controlled by on-screen
icons activated at the click oI a mouse.

1984: Apple launched the Macintosh computer that had
disappointing sales, but received good reviews.

1985: Apple closed halI oI its six Iactories. They also downsized
by more than 1,000 employees and declared a quarterly loss. Jobs
goes head-to-head with John Sculley in a boardroom battle. He
lost and was Iorced out oI Apple.

1986: Jobs bought the computer graphics division oI
Lucas Iilm Ltd. This company was owned by Star Wars
director George Lucas. Jobs then created what is now
known as Pixar Animation Studios.

1987: Macintosh II is launched

1988: Jobs Iounded NeXT Computer,
but it only sold 50,000 computers.

1995: Pixar releases Toy Story, the Iirst Iull-
length computer animated Iilm. Jobs was CEO
and the Iilm got worldwide success.

1996: Apple buys NeXT Ior $429m and
used Jobs' technology to build the next
generation oI its own soItware.

1997: Jobs became an interne CEO at Apple.

1998: The iMac launched. It is a selI-
contained computer and monitor.

2001:The Iirst iPod is sold in October
and was a commercial success.

2003: The iTunes music store is launched in April.

2004: Jobs told employees he underwent a successIul
operation to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas.
he told employees in an email to employees that his
cancer was rare, but a treatable Iorm oI the disease.

2007:The Iirst iPhone is launched and Jobs also
decided to drop the computer Irom Apple's name.

December 2008: Jobs said he will not give the keynote
address at the Iinal Macworld ConIerence and Expo in 2009.
This announcement also ignited rumors about his health.

2010: The iPad launched in April and 3 million devices are sold
in 80 days. Nearly 15 million iPads were sold worldwide by the
end oI the year. Apple's annual sales reach $65 billion, an
increase Irom the reported $8 billion in 2000.

1anuary 2011: iPad 2 launch event.

August 2011: Jobs announced his resignation Irom as Apple CEO
on August 24. In a brieI letter to employees, Jobs said, "I have
always said iI there ever came a day when I could no longer meet
my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the Iirst to
let you know. UnIortunately, that day has come."
Oct. 5, 2011: Apple announced Steve Jobs died one day aIter
iphone 4S was unveiled.