iSteve Jobs

STEVE JOBS -Founder of Apple Inc.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

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Born February 24,1955 in San Francisco, CA to Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah John Jandali

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Adopted at birth by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara, California

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Named- Steven Paul Jobs.

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Grew up in the Silicon Valley (later to be known as Silicon Valley).

EDUCATION

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Graduated high school in Cupertino, California

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Attended Hewlett-Packard lectures after school.

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Worked with Steve Wozniak in summer.

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Attended Reed College after high school.

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Dropped out after one semester.

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Continued auditing courses in classes he liked.

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Did part-time job at Atari to finance trip to India for studying Eastern Culture & Religion.

START OF APPLE 

Raised capital to form Apple company.

 On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer Co. was formed  Their first PC - The Apple I, sold for $666.66  The Apple II, released next year, was huge success.  In May of 1980, released Apple III.  Created PC-Lisa with GUI. 

From 1977 to 1983, Apple continued to grow exponentially. ` Steve Jobs and Steve

Wozniak

THE APPLE SERIES  Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the

Apple I to start the PC revolution.  The Apple Series includes: I, II, III & Lisa. Apple II

Lisa

Apple I Apple III

THE TAKE OFF 

In 1981, IBM entered PC market & in 2 years began to outsell Apple.

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Apples sales and shine began to wear off

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Jobs needed a new computer that could compete with IBM PC

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January 24, 1984 Jobs introduced Macintosh with:  GUI  128K of expandable memory  Pointing device: mouse

Macintosh

FROM APPLE TO NEXT  In 1985, Jobs helped Bill Gates with Macintosh to create Windows, which

could run on IBM PC‟s.

 CEO John Sculley forced Jobs

to leave.  Jobs then founded NeXT.  Created NeXT Cube PC which

didnt sell due to:  

Overpricing Missing software.

 Changed focus from hardware to software.

 Pixar- An animation Studio bought by Steve in

1986.  Three films contract from Disney.  Created first computer animated film.  Toy story was an instant hit in 1995 

Sold to Disney for stock worth about $7.4 billion

Steve Jobs with Disney‟s CEO Robert Iger

PIXAR

STEVE JOBS RETURNS

 Apple simultaneously did very poorly in the early &

mid 90‟s due to:  Poor leadership  Stagnating computer design.

 In 1996, Apple bought NeXT & with it came Steve

Jobs.  In 2000, Jobs became CEO of Apple  Created iMac – 1st PC marketed for its looks

MACINTOSH PROJECT

Original Mac 1984

iMac 1988

iMac

MACINTOSH PROJECT

EVOLUTION OF iMAC

RETURN TO PROFITABILITY & INNOVATION  Jobs continued innovating with

projects like:  iPod  iTunes  Music Store  High end computers

 Under Jobs‟ watch, Apple grew

fueled by his imagination & quest for perfection

iPOD & iTUNES

• Name changed from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. • iPods sold since year 2001 – 300+ mn.

iPHONE  Phones were broken in Job‟s eyes until the iPhone.  The iPhone enhanced the phone industry.

 It is very technologically advanced.

EVOLUTION OF iPHONE

iPAD & iPAD MINI

 Breakthrough technology  Combination of  Computer  Telephone  Internet  Entertainment

 Touchscreen

 Lightweight

HONOURS  National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan in

1985 with Steve Wozniak (the first people to ever receive the honor).  Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category "Greatest

Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under" in 1987.  Stanford Commencement Speaker in 2005

 Named the most powerful person in business by Fortune

Magazine on November 27, 2007.  Inducted into the California Hall of Fame by California Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger on December 5, 2007.

ACCORDING TO OTHERS

 Never a powerhouse in terms of

sales.  Great innovator and creative.  Small percentage of P.C market.  Positive outlook on comments.  Jobs as Genius.  Jobs as Creep.

PERSONAL LIFE  Steve married Laurene Powell on

March 18, 1991.  Had 3 children – Reed, Erin & Eve

Jobs.  In 2004, Jobs announced to have

tumor in his pancreas.  On July 31 - had surgery to remove

the tumor.  In 2009 – Jobs went on 6 months

leavefor liver transplant.  Date of Death – October 5th, 2011

RECENT UPDATES

 Apple has total of 400 retail stores, 14

Countries.  Last quarter they had 85,000,000 visitors.  App stores 1 mn + applications.  3 billion applications downloaded in 18

months  Fiscal quarter of 2010 ended with $15.6 bn of

revenue making Apple Inc. a more than $50 bn company.  Apple is largest „mobile devices‟ company in

the world.

QUOTE

“We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” - Steve Jobs

CONCLUSION  Steve Jobs - extraordinary man by

standards.  Left mark in 4 industries:  PC  Music  Phone

 Animation

 Changed million of lives by

making technology easy to use.

Thank You RIES???