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He is credited with overseeing the development and marketing of the Macintosh, the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod.
[[Image:Jobs.jpg|thumb|left|160px]]
[[Image:Jobs.jpg|thumb|left|160px]]
'''Steve Paul Jobs''' (born 1955 Los Altos CA) served as the CEO of [[Apple Inc.|Apple, Inc.]] until August 25, 2011, which he had co-founded with [[Steve Wozniak]] in 1976, left in the mid-1980s after losing control of the company, and then returned in the mid-1990s to eventually restore it to preeminence. He also co-founded [[Pixar]] Animation Studios in 1986. Pixar merged with The [[Walt Disney Company]] in 2006, and Jobs now serves on Disney's board of directors. Jobs is one the very few persons who has been successful with running a company that takes a horizontal diversification approach (selling and marketing a variety of products that would appeal to their original consumer base). He is also one of the [[adoption success stories]].
'''Steve Paul Jobs''' (born 1955 Los Altos CA) served as the CEO of [[Apple Inc.|Apple, Inc.]] until August 24, 2011, which he had co-founded with [[Steve Wozniak]] in 1976, left in the mid-1980s after losing control of the company, and then returned in the mid-1990s to eventually restore it to preeminence. He is credited with overseeing the development and marketing of the Macintosh, the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod.
He also co-founded [[Pixar]] Animation Studios in 1986. Pixar merged with The [[Walt Disney Company]] in 2006, and Jobs now serves on Disney's board of directors. Jobs is one the very few persons who has been successful with running a company that takes a horizontal diversification approach (selling and marketing a variety of products that would appeal to their original consumer base). He is also one of the [[adoption success stories]].
::''I love beautiful objects. I love creating them. Negative people upset me... Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''
::''I love beautiful objects. I love creating them. Negative people upset me... Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''