Fact File Sample Year 5G

Name: Mr Da Silva Date: 15th August 2017

Title: Steve Jobs

Introduction

Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur and inventor that was best known for being one of the founders
of Apple Computers alongside Steve Wozniak. His contribution and guidance of his company
produced multiple revolutionary changes in technologies such as the creation of the iPhone and
iPad. This fact file will highlight the key events that occurred in the life of Steve Jobs and why he
is so well known throughout the world.

Body paragraph one (early life)

Born in 1955 on February 24th, Steve Jobs was an adopted child that was brought up by Paul and
Clara Jobs. At the age of five, Steve moved to Mountain View, California where he went to school
and worked with electronics in the garage. Steve Jobs met Steve Wozniak when he was thirteen
and they became close friends. Once Steve Jobs completed high school, he attended Reed
College in Oregon but soon dropped out and began working for Atari as a video game maker.

Body paragraph two (the start of Apple Computer)

Steve Jobs with his close friend Steve Wozniak, wanted to start their own company which focused
on creating a personal computer and selling it to the public. This company was known and formed
as Apple Computer in 1976. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak finished their first computer, the Apple
One when Steve was just 21 years old. He was also able to persuade investors to invest in their
second computer, the Apple Two which was a great success and went public by 1980.

Body paragraph three (leaving and returning to Apple)

After the next two personal computers from Apple not selling well, Steve Jobs then worked on
the next project call the Macintosh. However, another computer company named IBM had also
released their own computer that was cheaper which led to the Macintosh falling in sales and
eventually, Steve took responsibility and quit in 1985. Yet, Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997
as CEO and began to consider new products that included the iPod and iTunes.
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These were very successful and announced to the world that Apple was back. In 2007, Apple
released the iPhone which took over the mobile phone market and made Steve Jobs an instant
celebrity and being described as one of the great innovators the world had seen.

Conclusion (death and final comments)

Steve Jobs sadly passed in 2011 on October 5th to pancreatic cancer which he struggled with since
2003. He will always be remembered to taking Apple from nothing into products that are used
by millions of people across the world. He will always be known as someone who changed the
way we used technology and as having one of the most creative minds in modern time.

Resources (APA referencing)

Note*

1. References must be in alphabetical order.

2. Name of the page you have found your information is in italics the I symbol next to bold
(B) symbol.
3. Year that the website was created (if it doesnt say, just write 2017).
4. Name of website in italics.
5. APA referencing for websites: retrieved means what day did you use this information
(Look below I used this information on the 15th of August 2017). Then, copy and paste
the website link at the end (make sure the link is in BLACK and NOT BLUE).
6. Use the references below for writing the sample on Steve Jobs as a guide to do your own!

Biography for Kids: Steve Jobs. (2017). Ducksters.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017, from
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/entrepreneurs/steve_jobs.php

Steve Jobs. (2017). Biography.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017, from

https://www.biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805