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Steve Jobs Born
Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble; however, Schieble's parents objected to their relationship, and Jandali put the baby up for adoption. Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He was born in San Francisco, CA. -
High School Graduation
Steve Jobs graduated high school in 1972. He then enrolled at Reed College in Cupertino, CA. -
Jobs Works at Atari Inc.
In late 1973, Jobs took a job at Atari, Inc. in Los Gatos, CA as a technician. -
Jobs and Wozniak Found Apple Computer
In 1976, Jobs and a friend, Steve Wozniak, founded Apple Computer and started selling circuit boards. -
Steve Jobs Fired
Steve Jobs was fired from Apple Computer when the then-CEO, John Sculley, organized a meeting and exiled Jobs from head of the Macintosh division. Jobs resigned 5 months later. -
Jobs Returns to Apple
In late 1996, Apple announced that it would buy computer company NeXT for 427 million dollars. The company was founded by Jobs after he resigned from Apple. Jobs later became de facto chief after then-CEO Gil Amelio was ousted. in July 1997. With the purchase of NeXT, much of its software found its way into Apple Computer, and NeXTSTEP, an operating system, evolved into the Mac OS X. -
Apple Grows under Jobs
At the Macworld Expo in 2000, Jobs officially dropped the "interim" modifier from his title at Apple and became CEO. The company branched out, introducing new software such as the the iPod portable music player, iTunes digital music software, and the iTunes Store. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. Jobs resigned in 2011 because of poor health, and
