On October 5th, 2011, the world lost one of its greatest innovators and inventors. Steve jobs passed away at age 56; 6 years after his announcement to Apple employees that he suffered from pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs was an iCon, a leader in a revolution that emphasized innovation and creativity. Jobs was always one step ahead of the competition in an industry that demanded originality, and wanted it now. Jobs is looked at as a role model.
He set the bar in the industry that he cared so much about.
Jobs was unique. His past didn’t seem like one that would make for a business giant. Jobs was an adopted child, born to then unmarried parents. He claimed that the couple who adopted "were his parents", a statement which readily portrays the close relationship he shared with his adoptive parents. Jobs attended college for only one semester at Reed College. There was a period shortly after dropping out that Jobs spent sleeping on the floor of friend’s homes, using the money he earned by returning pop bottles for food, and taking a free meal every week from a local temple.
Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Jobs resigned from Apple in 1985, and started his own computer company, NeXT. Jobs worked on NeXT computers until 1996, when it was bought out by Apple. The first NeXT workstation was completed in 1990, and was sold at a price of almost $10,000.
At Apple, Jobs received a yearly salary of $1. He made almost all of his riches through stocks that he had in Disney/Pixar and Apple. He bought "The Graphics Group", which later became Pixar.
