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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Reed College- Enrolled 1972 -Dropped out after one semester -Took calligraphy
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Post-College Years Travelled to India with a friend
Became a Buddhist
Tripped out on psychedelics
Described LSD experiences as, "one of the two or three most important things [he has] done in [his] life."
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Created Apple in 1976 with Stephen Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Got Pepsi's CEO to become Apple's CEO in 1983
Jobs asked Pepsi's CEO John Scully, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water to children, or do you want
a chance to change the world?"
Steve Jobs
Corruption
3 Years Later...
Tensions with the Pepsi Man led him to get fired from the company he co-founded
BARRED!
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Went on to create another company called NeXT Computer in 1986
Created expensive and technologically advanced computers
First computers to include audio and graphics in e-mail
Steve Jobs
Corruption
At the same time he bought a company called The Graphics Group...
...for $10 Million. Jobs paid $5 million in cash
Steve Jobs
Corruption
And they were pretty successful
That Company became Pixar
Steve Jobs
Corruption
Sells NeXT to Apple for $429 Million in 1997
And became the CEO (again) of the company he co-founded
Steve Jobs
Corruption
In April 28, 2003, Apple launches the iTunes Music Store. In 2004, Jobs undergoes surgery for a rare but curable form of pancreatic cancer. In 2006, In 2007, Apple introduces iPhone. In 2009, Jobs goes on medical leave. Later it was learnt that he underwent liver transplant.
Gifts for the world…
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
Steve Jobs
Corruption
In 2010, Apple introduces iPad. In January,2011 Jobs goes on a second medical leave. In August, 2011 Jobs resigns as Apple CEO. In October 5, 2011 Jobs bids ‘Good Bye’ to the world.
Leaves behind a lasting legacy…