JR Late Night Blogs: JR's Titans Profiles: Steve Jobs

Titans Profile #0001
Year Inducted: 2012

JR LATE NIGHT TITANS PROFILES

STEVE JOBS

- Father of the Digital Revolution -

- former Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. -

- former Chief Executive Officer of Pixar -

Source:	Born: 24 Feb 1955 in San Francisco, California, United States	Education:
Big Break:	Years Active: 1974 - 2011	Related Sites: >> Official Site >> Facebook Page >> Twitter Profile (n/a) >> Google + Profile (n/a) >> Wikipedia Entry

STEVE JOBS BIOGRAPHY
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.

In the late 1970s, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak engineered one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa and, one year later, the Macintosh. By introducing the LaserWriter he enabled a revolution called desktop publishing.

After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off as Pixar. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. He served as CEO and 50.1% majority shareholder until Disney bought Pixar in 2006. Jobs received 7% of Disney shares, and joined the Board of Directors as the largest individual shareholder. By 1996, Apple had failed to deliver a new operating system, Copland. Gil Amelio turned to NeXT Computer, and the NeXTSTEP platform became the foundation for the Mac OS X. Jobs returned to Apple as an advisor, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by 1998.

As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and on the services side, the company's Apple Retail Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store. The success of these products and services provided several years of stable financial returns, and propelled Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. The reinvigoration of the company is regarded by many commentators as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history.

In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. Though it was initially treated, he reported a hormone imbalance, underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and appeared progressively thinner as his health declined. On medical leave for most of 2011, Jobs resigned in August that year, and was elected Chairman of the Board. He died of respiratory arrest related to his metastatic tumor on October 5, 2011.

Jobs has received a number of honors and public recognition for his influence in the technology and music industries. He has widely been referred to as "legendary", a "futurist" or simply "visionary", and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution", a "master of innovation", and a "design perfectionist".

NOTABLE WORKS
>>> 1976 - Apple I Computer
>>> 1984 - Macintosh Computer
>>> 1985 - NeXT Computer
>>> 1986 - Pixar Animation
>>> 1996 - WebObjects
>>> 1998 - Apple iMac
>>> 2001 - Apple iPod
>>> 2001 - Apple iTunes
>>> 2005 - Apple iPhone
>>> 2010 - Apple iPad

NOTABLE DISTINCTIONS
>>> 1985 - National Medal of Technology
>>> 1987 - Jefferson Award for Public Service
>>> 1989 - Inc.'s Entrepreneur of the Decade
>>> 2007 - Fortune's Most Powerful Person in Business
>>> 2007 - California Hall of Fame
>>> 2009 - Inc's Most Admired Entrepreneur by Teens
>>> 2009 - Fortune's CEO of the Decade
>>> 2010 - Forbes' Most Powerful People #17
>>> 2010 - Financial Times' Person of the Year
>>> 2012 - Grammy Trustees Award
>>> 2012 - Fortune's Greatest Entrepreneur of All Time

Steve Jobs is JR's 1st Featured Titan

Steve Jobs has been one of the Most Influential People in the World of Technology. His way of innovation and development is a source of inspiration to a lot of people worldwide. Besides being the creator of the now World's Most Powerful Technology Company, Apple, Steve Jobs brought some of today's household gadgets such as the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, and the most coveted iPad. He also brought a revolutionary tech in the internet, the iTunes, making music singles more accessible through the internet at a very affordable price. It was because of him that technology is way too different now compared to 20 years ago. He always made sure that tech is always presented perfectly, without any blemishes. We will remember his legacy not just a futurist, a visionary and the Father of the Digital Revolution but as a Legendary Titan.

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