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STEVE JOBS

-Founder of Apple Inc.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Born February 24,1955 in San Francisco, CA to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah John Jandali

Adopted at birth by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara, California
Named- Steven Paul Jobs. Grew up in the Silicon Valley (later to be known as Silicon Valley).

EDUCATION

Graduated high school in Cupertino, California Attended Hewlett-Packard lectures after school. Worked with Steve Wozniak in summer. Attended Reed College after high school. Dropped out after one semester. Continued auditing courses in classes he liked.

Did part-time job at Atari to finance trip to India for studying Eastern Culture & Religion.

START OF APPLE

Raised capital to form Apple company.

On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer Co. was formed Their first PC - The Apple I, sold for $666.66 The Apple II, released next year, was huge success. In May of 1980, released Apple III. Created PC-Lisa with GUI.

From 1977 to 1983, Apple continued to grow exponentially. ` Steve Jobs and Steve

Wozniak

THE APPLE SERIES


Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the

Apple I to start the PC revolution.


The Apple Series includes: I, II, III & Lisa.
Apple II

Lisa

Apple I Apple III

THE TAKE OFF


In 1981, IBM entered PC market & in 2 years began to outsell Apple. Apples sales and shine began to wear off Jobs needed a new computer that could compete with IBM PC January 24, 1984 Jobs introduced Macintosh with:
GUI 128K of expandable memory Pointing device: mouse

Macintosh

FROM APPLE TO NEXT


In 1985, Jobs helped Bill Gates with Macintosh to create Windows, which

could run on IBM PCs.

CEO John Sculley forced Jobs

to leave.
Jobs then founded NeXT. Created NeXT Cube PC which

didnt sell due to:


Overpricing Missing software.

Changed focus from hardware to software.

Pixar- An animation Studio bought by Steve in

1986.
Three films contract from Disney. Created first computer animated film. Toy story was an instant hit in 1995

Sold to Disney for stock worth about $7.4 billion

Steve Jobs with Disneys CEO Robert Iger

PIXAR

STEVE JOBS RETURNS

Apple simultaneously did very poorly in the early &

mid 90s due to:


Poor leadership Stagnating computer design.

In 1996, Apple bought NeXT & with it came Steve

Jobs.
In 2000, Jobs became CEO of Apple
Created iMac 1st PC marketed for its looks

MACINTOSH PROJECT

Original Mac 1984

iMac 1988

iMac

MACINTOSH PROJECT

EVOLUTION OF iMAC

RETURN TO PROFITABILITY & INNOVATION


Jobs continued innovating with

projects like:
iPod iTunes Music Store High end computers

Under Jobs watch, Apple grew

fueled by his imagination & quest for perfection

iPOD & iTUNES

Name changed from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. iPods sold since year 2001 300+ mn.

iPHONE
Phones were broken in Jobs eyes until the iPhone. The iPhone enhanced the phone industry.

It is very technologically advanced.

EVOLUTION OF iPHONE

iPAD & iPAD MINI

Breakthrough technology Combination of


Computer
Telephone Internet Entertainment

Touchscreen

Lightweight

HONOURS
National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in

1985 with Steve Wozniak (the first people to ever receive the honor).
Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category "Greatest

Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under" in 1987.


Stanford Commencement Speaker in 2005

Named the most powerful person in business by Fortune

Magazine on November 27, 2007.


Inducted into the California Hall of Fame by California Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger on December 5, 2007.

ACCORDING TO OTHERS

Never a powerhouse in terms of

sales.
Great innovator and creative.
Small percentage of P.C market. Positive outlook on comments. Jobs as Genius. Jobs as Creep.

PERSONAL LIFE
Steve married Laurene Powell on

March 18, 1991.


Had 3 children Reed, Erin & Eve

Jobs.
In 2004, Jobs announced to have

tumor in his pancreas.


On July 31 - had surgery to remove

the tumor.
In 2009 Jobs went on 6 months

leavefor liver transplant.


Date of Death October 5th, 2011

RECENT UPDATES

Apple has total of 400 retail stores, 14

Countries.
Last quarter they had 85,000,000 visitors. App stores 1 mn + applications. 3 billion applications downloaded in 18

months
Fiscal quarter of 2010 ended with $15.6 bn of

revenue making Apple Inc. a more than $50 bn company.


Apple is largest mobile devices company in

the world.

QUOTE

We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. - Steve Jobs

CONCLUSION
Steve Jobs - extraordinary man by

standards.
Left mark in 4 industries:
PC Music Phone

Animation

Changed million of lives by

making technology easy to use.

Thank You RIES???

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