Engineering Marvel an iCON - Steve Jobs

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."- Steve Jobs, CEO Apple Inc.
Steven Paul Jobs (born 1955) is currently the Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc., a company he founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Apple is leading the consumer technology world with its revolutionary iPhone, iPod media players, Mac computers and iPad. He was also the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Steve Jobs is currently the Walt Disney Company's largest individual shareholder and a member of its Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries.

How he founded Apple Inc. and transforms computers

When Jobs was 21, he and a friend, Steve Wozniak, built a personal computer that they called The Apple. Jobs business sense for the marketability of electronics products was the turning point. Jobs sold his Volkswagen micro-bus which raised $1,300 to start their new company. With that initial capital he set up first production line. The Apple changed the idea of what a computer should be. The computer from Apple Inc., Macintosh used a windows interface which contained picture-like icons representing a function or a program to be executed. The user would use the mouse to move a cursor onto the icon and press the mouse button to execute the function or program. Steve Jobs software design for the Macintosh introduced the mouse which set a new standard for graphical interface applications. The Macintosh interface using mouse has since been copied by every operating systems manufacturer in the world and become the standard interface format for both personal computers and super-computers. It made Apple Inc. a big hit and Steve Jobs became a millionaire at age of 25.

Tough time never last but tough people do

Life is not a piece of cake and it was true for Jobs as well. In 1985 he was fired from Apple (company he had founded) following an internal power struggle. But Jobs was not going to give up, around the same time, Jobs founded another computer company, NeXT Computer. Jobs sell almost all his Apple stock and bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar). After years of unprofitability Pixar Image Computer

contracted with Disney to produce a number of computer-animated feature films. In 1995 Pixar released Toy Story brought fame and critical acclaim to the studio. At this time Job's 80% stake in Pixar was worth $600 million. With his great skills Jobs transformed his exit from Apple into a big success. Someone has truly said that tough time never last but tough people do and Steve Jobs is the best example.

Return to Apple and Magic of iCEO

In absence of Jobs, Apple was losing its cutting edge in technology and innovation. Jobs contacted Apple and in late 1996, Apple announced that it would bring Jobs back to the Apple. Jobs agreed to serve on an interim basis, popularly called as iCEO. Jobs shuts down many projects, his main focus was to bring back innovation in company. Apples new saga was about to begin again under Jobs leadership. In 1998, Apple release iMac. It was a big hit and rebounded Apple Inc. with three profitable quarters in a row. As Jobs always say Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower, Innovation strategy of Jobs worked so well with release of revolutionary product iPOD from Apple in 2001. iPOD changed the way people listen to music it brings a revolution in music industry. iPOD made record sales across the world. After IPod Steve Jobs never looked back, In 2007 Apple launched iPhone. It entirely transformed the mobile phone market. With iPhone Apple became the largest mobile handset vendor in the world, surpassing long-time leader Nokia. In 2010 apple launched iPad, the revolutionary tablet PC. Apple sold over 3 million of the iPad in 80 days. It makes Apple a leader in table computers market. Jobs magic reinvents every field he touched and every product he launched. His ultimate sense of engineering, marketing makes Apple most most valuable technology company in the world surpassing Microsoft. In 2011, due to health issues Jobs took a long medical leave from Apple, though says he will "continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. Jobs stay in Palo Alto, California, U.S with his wife and 4 children. His net worth is $8.3 billion. Jobs take a salary of only $1 as CEO of Apple Inc.