история в картинках: журнал life - Стив Джобс
Inventor, corporate titan, salesman, cult guru. However you think of Apple's Steve Jobs, there's little doubt that he has become the most well-known face in Silicon Valley. But if you'd hung with him back in the day, you wouldn't necessarily have predicted it. Here: Jobs takes a look back at his own life at an Apple conference in January 2010 in San Francisco.
Jobs (seen here in 1977) was born in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 1955, and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He has one adoptive sister and one biological sister, Mona Simpson, who lent her name to a Simpsons character (Homer's mom). Jobs, who devoted himself to the counterculture and became a Buddhist after a trip to India, dropped out of Reed College after only a single semester, but credits a calligraphy class for teaching him the typeface aesthetic that became part of Apple products' look.
Jobs met future business partner and friend Steve Wozniak while working at Hewlett-Packard over the summer when Jobs was 16. The two later worked together at designing circuit boards for Atari. Here: Jobs and Wozniak pose at the first West Coast Computer Faire, where the Apple II computer was debuted, in San Francisco in April 1977.
In 1976, Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne (who two weeks later gave up his share in the company for $800) founded Apple Computer. One of the reasons they chose the name "Apple" was that it preceded "Atari" alphabetically. Their first product, the Apple I, was hand-built by Wozniak.
Apple's next generation of computer, the Apple II, was a hit, and created the market for home computers. It sold millions. In 1980, the company went public, and some 300 people connected to the company were millionaires overnight. Apple was suddenly a big player in computers. Here: Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates answer questions at an interview in New York in 1984.
In 1983, Jobs wooed Pepsi-Cola president John Sculley (right) to Apple to become CEO. Under Sculley's leadership, sales of Apples skyrocketed from $800 million to $8 billion. But Sculley's attempt to put out too many specialized products eventually did him in, and he was sacked in 1993
The year 1984 sticks out in Apple history for two reasons: the famous "1984" Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott, and the debut of the Macintosh computer, which introduced graphical user interfaces to mainstream America.
In 1985, Jobs was forced out of his executive duties at Apple after losing in a corporate power struggle with Sculley. Jobs then started up a new company called NeXT. Though it used cutting-edge technology, it was deemed too expensive to be successful. It was bought out by Apple, though Apple later incorporated much of its technology into today's products. Here: Jobs poses with the NeXT staff in 1988.
In 1986, Jobs bought the computer-graphics division of Lucasfilm for $10 million and turned it into what is now known as Pixar. Here: Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook (left), Jobs, and John Lasseter, Pixar's executive vice president, creative.
In 1996, Apple bought out NeXT and Jobs returned to the Apple fold. He became interim CEO
Among the new products Jobs introduced as CEO: the next generation of all-in-one personal computers, the iMac. Jobs placed a new emphasis on design in Apple products
Jobs also ruthlessly terminated projects that had sucked up Apple resources under Sculley and Sculley's immediate successors
Steve Jobs Talks Apple's Future in 1997
1998
1999
In 2000, Jobs officially dropped the "interim" from his title. Here: Jobs holds an iBook in 1999. Apple's brightly colored notebook computer pioneered the inclusion of wireless networking in laptops. Still, the company's share of the laptop market is barely in the double digits, though some predict that could change with the iPad series.
In 2001, Jobs unveiled the iPod, revolutionizing the way mainstream America listens to music
In 2003, Jobs introduced the iTunes Store, which allowed users to download songs for a flat 99-cent fee. It sold 10 billion songs in under seven years, and completely altered the landscape of music sales
2005
2007
2008
In 2004, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was treated, but health concerns have plagued him since. In April 2009, he underwent a liver transplant
In 2005, after battling publicly with Pixar's movie-making partner Disney, the Mouse bought Pixar in a deal that netted Jobs 138 million shares of the Disney empire, making him that company's largest individual shareholder (about 7 percent of the total stock).
In January 2007, Jobs unveiled the iPhone. The device sent the company's stock to all-time highs.
In 2009, Forbes estimated Jobs's personal fortune at $5.1 billion, making him America's 43rd richest person.
Jobs and been married to Laurene Powell (seen here in 2010) since 1991. They have three children. Jobs also has a daughter from a previous relationship.
In January 2010, Jobs unveiled the iPad. Though the immediate reaction was mixed, often focusing the humor many found in its name, the company's stock passed $300 per share by October
In July 2010, Jobs responded to criticism that the iPhone 4 couldn't get signals when held a certain way
In response to "Antennagate," Jobs offered free bumper cases to users to prevent the interference
On Jan. 17, 2011, Jobs announced that he was taking a medical leave of absence to focus on health issues
In early 2011, reports described Jobs as looking unhealthily frail and shaky
On Aug. 24, 2011, Apple announced that Jobs would immediately be stepping down as CEO. The company said Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, would be replacing Jobs at the helm
:e