Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (born: Feburary 24 1955) is the CEO of Apple Inc., which he co-founded in 1976. Apple leads the industry in innovation with its award-winning Macintosh computers, OS X operating system, and consumer and professional applications software. Apple is also leading the digital music revolution, having sold over 110 million iPods and over three billion songs from its iTunes online store. Apple entered the mobile phone market this year with its revolutionary iPhone.

Steve also co-founded Pixar Animation Studios, which has created eight of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. Pixar has won 20 Academy Awards and its films have grossed more than $4 billion at the worldwide box office to date. Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and Steve now serves on Disney's board of directors.

Steve grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley, and still lives there with his wife and three children.

Honors
He was awarded the National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in 1985 with Steve Wozniak (the first people to ever receive the honor), and the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987.

On November 27, 2007, Jobs was named the most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine.

On December 5, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Jobs into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.

Filmography
Jobs was prominently featured in three films about the history of the personal computing industry.


 * Triumph of the Nerds— a 1996 three-part documentary for PBS, about the rise of the home computer/personal computer.
 * Nerds 2.0.1— a 1998 three-part documentary for PBS, (and sequel to Triumph of the Nerds) which chronicles the development of the Internet.
 * Pirates of Silicon Valley — a 1999 docudrama which chronicles the rise of Apple and Microsoft. He was portrayed by Noah Wyle.

Interviews

 * http://www.cwheroes.org/archives/histories/jobs.pdf Smithsonian Institution Oral History Interview — 1995-04-20
 * Rolling Stone, Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview – 2003-12-03
 * BusinessWeek, The Seed of Apple's Innovation — 2004-10-12
 * Fortune, How Big Can Apple Get? — 2005-02-21
 * 'Good for the Soul' — Newsweek, 2006-10-15
 * All Things D, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (video and transcript of on stage interview – 2007-05-30