Steve Jobs Timeline*

(All information on this page comes from the following source):

Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print.

1955: Born on February 24, 1955

1969: Meets Steve Wozniak “the Woz”

(Begins using LSD & eventually

helps create the famous “Blue Box”)

1972: Enrolls at Reed College in Portand, Oregon.

1974: Begins working the “Night Shift” at Atari

(continues “experimenting” with LSD)

1976: Creates Apple Computer with Wozniak at age 21

(Apple 1, Apple 2 & 2e computers developed,

which many consider are the first personal

computers made for the average person.)

*Apple revenue = 1 Billion Dollars yearly

*Jobs & Woz soon become multimillionaires

1984: Creates the Macintosh

(after fortunate visit to Zerox)

(Many consider the Mac to be the

first personal computer with a mouse

and point & click “user friendly” graphics.)

1985: Gets Fired from Apple!!!

1986: Creates NeXT & buys Pixar Graphic Animation

(Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo,

The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille…)

1996: Jobs returns to Apple!!!

“Apple Renaissance” (1996-2011)

iMac

Apple Retail Stores

iTunes

iPod

iPhone

iPad

2003: Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer

2004: After waiting a year, begins medical treatment for cancer

2005: Gives his famous Stanford Speech

2011: Dies on October, 5th