Steve Jobs was born in 1955 to two University of Wisconsin graduates who gave him up for adoption. Jobs was intelligent but directionless. He ended up dropping out of college and experimenting with different career paths before finally co-founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs left the company in 1985 to found Pixar Animation Studios, before returning to Apple more than a decade later. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.
Jobs loved technology as a child, often working with his father in the garage learning how to take apart and reconstruct electronics, a hobby that instilled confidence and mechanical skill in young Jobs. This would later prove to be very helpful to Jobs because the skills he learned at a young age would come in handy when he founded Apple.
While Jobs was an innovative thinker, he often felt frustrated whilst attending school in a standard education environment. He was often seen as a prankster and acted out frequently because he was bored in his classes. Jobs scored so high on tests that he was recommended to skip all the way to high school, a proposal his parents declined.
Jobs went on to run the company for many years before he died, handing the reigns over to Tim Cook.
Fun Facts:
- Jobs' last words were "OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW."
- Instead of treating his pancreatic cancer, he opted to go with more "natural" healing methods. This was a major factor in his death.
- Jobs chose to disclose little about his health, so as to not worry Apple employees and shareholders.
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