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The Birth
Stephen Paul Jobs was born. -
High School
Jobs enrolls in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but drops out after a semester. -
High School
Jobs works for video game maker Atari and attends meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Steve Wozniak, a high school friend who was a few years older. -
During his 20s
Apple Computer is formed on April Fools' Day, shortly after Wozniak and Jobs create a new computer circuit board in a Silicon Valley garage. The Apple I computer goes on sale by the summer for $666.66. -
Begginning Of Creation
Apple is incorporated by its founders and a group of venture capitalists. It unveils Apple II, the first personal computer to generate color graphics. Sales soar to the rate of $1 million a year. -
Beginning of a family
Jobs' daughter Lisa is born to girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. -
Beginning of Creation
Jobs visits Xerox PARC and is inspired by a computer with a graphical user interface. -
The Big Break
Apple goes public, raising $110 million in one of the biggest initial public offerings to date. -
The Big Break
Annual sales climb to $1 billion. -
Business
The Lisa computer goes on sale with much fanfare, only to be pulled two years later. Steve Jobs lures John Sculley away from Pepsico Inc. to serve as Apple's CEO. -
Computers
Iconic "1984" Macintosh commercial directed by Ridley Scott shows during the Super Bowl. The Macintosh computer goes on sale. -
Situation comes about
Jobs and Sculley clash, leading to Jobs' resignation. Wozniak also resigns from Apple. -
New ideas
Jobs founds Next Inc., a new computer company making high-end machines for universities. He also buys Pixar from "Star Wars" creator George Lucas for $10 million. -
Good Business
First NeXT computer goes on sale with a $6,500 price tag. -
New ideas
Apple and IBM Corp. announce an alliance to develop new PC microprocessors and software. Apple unveils PowerBook portable Macintoshes. -
New Start
Apple introduces the Newton, a hand-held, pen-based computer. The company reports quarterly loss of $188 million in July, and CEO Sculley is replaced by Apple president Michael Spindler. Apple restructures and Sculley resigns as chairman. At Next, Jobs decides to focus on software instead of whole computers. -
Introduction if new udeas
Apple introduces Power Macintosh computers based on the PowerPC chip it developed with IBM and Motorola. Apple decides to license its operating software, allowing other companies to clone the Mac. -
Introduction of new ideas
The first Mac clones go on sale. Microsoft Corp. releases Windows 95, which is easier to use and more like the Macintosh. Apple struggles with competition, parts shortages and mistakes predicting customer demand. Pixar's "Toy Story," the first commercial computer-animated feature, hits theaters and Pixar goes to Wall Street with an IPO that raises $140 million. -
Taking chances
Apple buys Next for $430 million, for the operating system Jobs' team developed. Gil Amelio replaces Spindler as CEO. -
Taking chances
Steve Jobs returns to Apple as an adviser, then "de facto head" of company; Amelio is pushed out. Jobs puts an end to Mac clones. -
Taking chances
Apple returns to profitability and unveils the iMac, a blue-and-white computer and monitor in one that set Apple on the path to its comeback. Apple also discontinues the Newton. -
The promotion
Jobs is named CEO of Apple. -
New technology
The first iPod goes on sale, as do computers with OS X, the modern Mac operating system based on Next software. -
The come up
Apple launches the iTunes music store with 200,000 songs at 99 cents each, giving people a convenient way to buy music legally online. It sells 1 million songs in the first week. -
The come up
Jobs undergoes surgery for a rare but curable form of pancreatic cancer. Apple discloses his illness after the fact. -
The expansion
Apple expands the iPod line with the tiny Nano and an iPod that can play video. The company also announces that future Macs will use Intel chips. -
The expansion
Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion. Jobs becomes Disney's largest individual shareholder, and much of his wealth is derived from this sale. -
The expansion
Apple releases its first smartphone, the iPhone. Crowds camp overnight at stores to be one of the first to own the new device. -
His terrible illness
Speculation mounts that Jobs is ill, given his weight loss. In September he kicks off an Apple event and says, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated," making a play off a famous Mark Twain quote after Bloomberg News accidentally publishes, then retracts, an obituary that it had prepared in advance. -
His terrible illness
Jobs explains severe weight loss by saying he has a treatable hormone imbalance and that he will continue to run Apple. Days later he backtracks and announces he will be on medical leave. He returns to work in June. Later it is learned that he received a liver transplant. -
The expansion
Apple sells 15 million iPads, its newest gadget, in nine months, giving rise to a new category of modern touch-screen tablet computers. -
His terrible illness
In a memo to Apple employees, Jobs announces a second medical leave with no set duration. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will fill in to run day-to-day operations. Jobs said he will continue as CEO and will be involved in major decisions. -
His last months
Apple announces that Jobs is resigning as CEO. The company says he will be replaced by Cook and that Jobs will stay on as chairman. -
In loving memory...
Jobs dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.