Jobs: King of the Geeks

(A Notable Entrepreneur)

The Legend• A regular, “Beethoven of

Business,” Steve Jobs is the Charismatic CEO of Apple Computers, and a wildly successful entrepreneur with a net worth of more than $5 Billion.

• Jobs is a radical and innovative leader who has revolutionized many industries.

In the Beginning…

• Steve got his start in technology at Rice University in Portland, but dropped out after only a year to take a job at Atari™.

• It was there that he met fellow electronics enthusiast, and friend Steve Wozniak.

The Big Apple• Wozniak had previously

developed a better personal computer, but had been turned down by several companies when he tried to find a producer.

• Jobs convinced Wozniak to leave his job at Atari, and start Apple computers with him in the family garage.

Great Success!

• The fledgling company grew quickly, making both of them millionaires many times over.

• In 1986, Jobs forfeited his job as CEO at Apple to found NeXT computing, another electronics firm.

Side Projects

• In 1986, Jobs bought the small computer graphics firm, Pixar, off of Lucasfilm for a paltry $10 Million.

• The small company went on to great success, having produced nine major motion pictures, grossing several billion dollars.

Return to Apple

• NeXT Computing was bought out by Apple in 1996 for $448 million, with Jobs coming back as CEO.

• The company had been struggling for some time, but under the new (old) management, the company flourished once again.

Even Greater Success!

• Jobs brought the world a multitude of innovative products, each of which left the competition struggling to keep up.

• In 2006, Disney bought out Pixar for $7.6 Billion, making Jobs their biggest shareholder by far, with 7.2% of the company’s stock.

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financial, personal finance news - CNNMoney.com. Web. 22 Sept. 2009. <http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/21/news/newsmakers/power_jobs.fortune/index.htm>.

• "Steve Jobs Profile." CrunchBase, The Free Tech Company Database. Web. 22 Sept. 2009. <http://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-jobs>.

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• While Jobs has been described as egomaniacal and micromanaging, no one can deny that his forthrightness and ingenuity have changed the world to a great degree, and his entrepreneurial activities have become some of the largest businesses on the planet.

• Now, Jobs maintains a seat atop Disney’s Board of Directors, and takes a dollar a year in salary from Apple as it’s CEO.

• One can only imagine what iProduct he’ll unveil next.