Megan Clifford

Mrs. Godfrey
Leadership
September 20, 2018

Full Name Steve Paul Jobs

Lifespan February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

(56 years old)

Early Family Background and Created
Family Structure
- He was born to Abdulfattah Jandi and
Joanne Schieble and was later adopted
by Paul Jobs and Clara Hagopian.
- Steve Jobs was given up for adoption
after Joanne had found out she was
pregnant but her father did not want her
with Abdulfattah where she then decided
that she was going to give up the child.
- He was adopted into a family of Joannes
choice in San Francisco where they were
Catholic, educated and wealthy.
- Went to Homestead High School and then
to Reed College where he was studying
physics, literature, and poetry and soon
after decided to take up a calligraphy
class.
- Apple computer was founded in Steve
Jobs’ garage in Los Altos, CA.

Personality Characteristics and Areas of
Aptitude, Talent, and Interest
- Worked with his dad doing woodwork
- By the age of 10, he was into the
electronics.
- Jobs’ father built him a workbench in the
garage so that Steve may possibly take
up his love of mechanics.
- In high school, he started to listen to
music a lot and read outside of science
and technology.
- He became interested in both electronics
and engineering, as well as art and
literature.

Major Career/Professional Events and
Accomplishments
- Steve Jobs theater opens at Apple Park in
Cupertino, California.
- On April 1, 1976; Steve Jobs led a small
group who created the Apple I.
- Once they released the Apple II in 1977,
the desktop computer was soon being
used in schools and offices.

Personal Life Themes/Beliefs
Selected Quotations (at least two)
Awards and Recognition
Lasting Contributions
Death and Aftermath
- In 1985, he created the laserwriter which
was Mac’s first laser printer to hit the
market.
- In 1986, Steve Jobs bought Pixar and
created his first film which was Toy Story.
- Was born at first into an Arab Muslim
household to Abdulfattah Jandi.
- When he was adopted by Paul Jobs, he
was brought into a Calvinist household.
- He converted to Buddhism and he had a
monk who watched over his wedding.
- He was always very focused on what
needed to be done and never gave up on
his plans.
- He believed that anything could be
accomplished no matter how insane it
was to other people.
- “Design is not just what it looks like and
feels like. Design is how it works”.
- “Great things in business are never done
by one person. They’re done by a team of
people”.
- National Medal of Technology in 1985
from President Ronald Reagan
- Jefferson Award for Public Service in
1987
- Inducted into the California Hall of Fame
in 2007
- Howard Vollum Award by Reed College in
1991
- Most powerful person in business by
Fortune magazine in 2007
- Invented the Apple II in 1977 which was
the first big seller of Apple.
- In 1984, he invented the Apple Macintosh
which was when Steve Jobs saw these
computers really going in the right
direction.
- After he left Apple and returned, he
invented the iPod, iPhone and iPad.
- He launched iTunes in 2003 so that
people were no longer downloading music
illegally.
- The App Store where people can
download things onto their phones such
as social media or games.
- Died at his home in Cupertino, California.
- He died due to complications from his
 pancreatic tumor that had relapsed.
- He died with his wife, sisters and children
by his side.
- His last words were “Oh wow. Oh wow.
Oh wow.”
- Only a small private funeral was done for
him on October 7, 2011.