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Steve was born
Steven P. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. -
Steve works at HP
13-year-old Steve Jobs calls up Bill Hewlett and gets a summer job at the HP factory -
Steve spends the fall at Reed Collage
Steve spends the fall semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out. He will stay on campus and attend the classes that interest him for a while, then move to a hippie commune. -
Apple Inc. was made
Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne -
Apple sales skyrocket
Sales of Apple II skyrocket after pioneer spreadsheet software Visicalc is introduced -
Apple goes public
Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs' net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million -
Steve is named entrepeneuar
Steve Jobs is named 'Entrepreneur of the decade' by Inc. magazine -
Steve marries
Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite under the blessing of Steve's old zen guru Kobin Chino. Laurene is already pregnant -
Steve's dad dies
Steve's father, Paul Jobs, dies -
Mac G4 Cube revealed
The Power Mac G4 Cube is unveiled at Macworld NY. It will be discontinued one year later because of disappointing sales -
Mac OS X 10.0 ships
After four years of hard work, Mac OS X 10.0, the new incarnation of NeXTSTEP, ships -
The first Apple retail store opens.
The first Apple retail store opens. -
Steve reveals the fastest computer
Steve Jobs unveils the Power Mac G5, the world’s fastest computer, at WWDC -
Steve retires
Jobs surprises the world by announcing his new medical leave of absence, without any end date -
Steve dies
Steve Jobs dies at home, surrounded by his family