Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

Steve Jobs (1955-2011) is a person.

Context:
- They can range from being a College Dropout to being a Tech Industry Icon, depending on the career phase.
- They can range from being an Entrepreneurial Visionary to being a Cultural Transformer, based on societal impact.
- They can range from being a Product Designer to being a Consumer Experience Architect, depending on professional role.
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- They can be recognized as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc..
- They can be known as a Charismatic Leader.
- They can be known as a Innovative Entrepreneur who revoluationizes multiple industries.
- They can be known for Innovative Tech Products, such as: iPhone, iPad, and Macintosh.
- They can be known for their Steve Jobs Distortion Field.
- They can be known for ... Design, emphasizing simplicity and user experience.
- They can be known as a Visionary Technology Leader.
- They can be known as a Controversial Figures due to their management style and the power struggles that marked their career.
- They can be known as a Cultural Icon.
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- They can be known for Steve Jobs Quotes, such as:
  - "Stay hungry, stay foolish." which emphasizes continuous growth and learning.
  - "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." highlighting his view on innovation's importance.
  - "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." expressing his philosophy on design.
  - "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." reflecting his passion for meaningful work.
  - "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." emphasizing authenticity and personal vision.
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Example(s):
- Steve Jobs, 1970, where he exhibited early signs of his entrepreneurial spirit by building and selling blue boxes for phone hacking.
- Steve Jobs, 1976, when he co-founded Apple Inc. with Steve Wozniak, introducing the Apple I personal computer.
- Steve Jobs, 1984, marking the release of the Macintosh, the first mass-produced computer with a graphical user interface.
- Steve Jobs, 1985, when he left Apple Inc. and founded NeXT, focusing on advanced computing for higher education and business.
- Steve Jobs, 1996, when Apple Inc. acquired NeXT, leading to Jobs' return to the company and the eventual development of macOS.
- Steve Jobs, 2001, with the launch of the iPod, revolutionizing the music industry and portable media consumption.
- Steve Jobs, 2007, introducing the iPhone, which transformed the smartphone industry and redefined mobile computing.
- Steve Jobs, 2010, unveiling the iPad, which created a new category of portable computing devices.
- Steve Jobs, 2010, creating the tablet category with the iPad.
- Steve Jobs, 2011.
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Counter-Example(s):
- Bill Gates, who focused on software development and platform licensing rather than integrated hardware-software experiences.
- Elon Musk, who emphasizes engineering innovation over design simplicity and user experience.
- Michael Dell, who prioritized supply chain efficiency over product innovation.
See: Entrepreneur, Industrial Designer, Apple Inc., Non-Philanthropist.

References

2020

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs Retrieved:2020-11-2.
- Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc., the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
  Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, and put up for adoption. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out that same year, and traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism.
  Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). This led to the development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. The Macintosh introduced the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took a few of Apple's members with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. The new company was Pixar, which produced the first 3D computer animated feature film Toy Story (1995).
  Apple acquired NeXT in 1997, and Jobs became CEO of his former company within a few months. He was largely responsible for helping revive Apple, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy. He worked closely with designer Jony Ive to develop a line of products that had larger cultural ramifications, beginning in 1997 with the “Think different” advertising campaign and leading to the iMac, iTunes, iTunes Store, Apple Store, iPod, iPhone, App Store, and the iPad. In 2001, the original Mac OS was replaced with a completely new Mac OS X (now known as macOS), based on NeXT's NeXTSTEP platform, giving the OS a modern Unix-based foundation for the first time. Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor in 2003. He died of respiratory arrest related to the tumor at age 56 on October 5, 2011.