apple timeline

Geniuses know each other

Mar 23, 1971

Steve Jobs, 16, meets Steve Wozniak through a friend.

The beginnings of Jobs and Wozniak

Jun 5, 1974

Jobs works as a video game manufacturer Atari and Wozniak becomes an engineering assistant at Hewlett-Packard.

The creation of Apple

Apr 1, 1976

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Rollan Wayne found Apple Computer, Inc.

Presentation of Apple II

Oct 3, 1977

The company launches the Apple II, the first mass-marketed personal computer and one of the first to generate color graphics.

Apple becomes a public company

Jan 4, 1980

Mike Markkula becomes president of Apple and Jobs the Chairman. At the end of the year, the company goes public, with an opening stock price of $22 per share.

Apple presents Lisa, the first computer with a mouse

Mar 30, 1983

Lisa, pioneer in the use of a mouse to control a computer, debuts in the search to be a laptop that is easier to use.

Launch of the macintosh

Jan 24, 1984

Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984, it is the portable computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc.

The board of directors fires Jobs

May 15, 1985

Jobs is fired from Apple after a fight with Mr. Sculley.
At the end of the year, Jobs forms Next Inc, a manufacturer of high-end computers for universities.

Steve Jobs buys Pixar

Aug 28, 1986

Jobs buys "The Graphics Group" (which becomes Pixar Animation Studios) from George Lucas for $10 million.

Steve Jobs returns to Apple

Jan 18, 1997

Apple buys NeXT for $430 million. Jobs returns as interim CEO and president of Apple.Apple buys NeXT for $430 million. Jobs returns as interim CEO and president of Apple.

Presentation of Imac

Jul 21, 1998

Apple launches the iMac, which puts the monitor and processor in a single unit. Apple returns to profitability.

Presentation of iPOD and iTUNES

Apr 6, 2002

Apple launches the iPod a portable MP3 player that revolutionizes the way we listen to music, for this reason Apple also launches the iTunes Store, giving people an easy way to buy music online.

iPHONE presentation

Dec 25, 2007

Apple introduces the iPhone, one of the first smartphones and for the first time without a keyboard. Crowds line up at stores to buy.

iPAD presentation

Jul 30, 2010

Apple launches the iPad, a touch-screen tablet PC that ushers in a new genre of mobile computing. It is an instant phenomenon.

Steve Jobs dies

Oct 5, 2011

Steve Jobs died at his home in California around 3 pm on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56.