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Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer
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The Macintosh computer goes on sale
On January 22, 1984, Apple aired a Super Bowl television commercial titled "1984", which ended with the words: "On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984.”On January 24, 1984, an emotional Jobs introduced the Macintosh to a wildly enthusiastic audience at Apple's annual shareholders meeting held in the Flint Auditorium. -
Jobs resigns from Apple
Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Sculley. Sculley ultimately reorganized Apple and proposed a plan that would eliminate Jobs as head of command of the Macintosh group.
In response to this, Jobs organized a plan to get rid of Sculley and take over Apple. However, that plan was eventually leaked and Jobs was confronted about it.On September of 1985, Jobs turned in his letter of resignation to the board. -
Jobs buys Pixar
In 1986, Jobs funded the spinout of The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm's computer graphics.The first film produced by Pixar with its Disney partnership, Toy Story (1995), with Jobs credited as executive producer, brought fame and critical acclaim to the studio when it was released. Over the next 15 years, under Pixar's creative chief John Lasseter, the company produced box-office hits Toy Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Finding Nemo (2003); Ratatouille (2007) etc. -
Jobs comes back to Apple
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He undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer
He eventually underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (or "Whipple procedure") in July 2004, that appeared to remove the tumor successfully. Jobs did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy. During Jobs's absence, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations at Apple, ran the company. -
Jobs gives his famous commencement speech at Stanford University
"I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories."
The speech emphasized triumph over adversity. The speech has been inspiring people for a decade and will continue to do so, convincing many more people to “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” -
Apple releases its first smartphone, the iPhone.
On June 29, 2007, Apple entered the cellular phone business with the introduction of the iPhone, a multi-touch display cell phone, which also included the features of an iPod and, with its own mobile browser, revolutionized the mobile browsing scene. -
He undergoes a liver transplant.
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The iPad, Apple’s tablet computer, goes on sale.
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Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO
Jobs has been dogged by a string of health problems in recent years that forced him to take periodic leaves of absence from the company. Jobs announced in January that he was taking an indefinite medical leave from Apple--his third in recent years--and handed over day-to-day responsibility to Cook. He told his employees in January, "I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can." -
Jobs dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer
