An Apple a Day: Steve Jobs' Journey to Success

Steve Jobs is the son of Abdulfattah John Jandali, a political science professor, and Joanne Carole Schieble. He was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955; but, just one week after that, he was put up for adoption. Clara and Paul Jobs took him in and gave him the name Steven Paul Jobs. He studied at Homestead High School and Cupertino Middle school, while taking lectures at the Hewlett-Packard Company.

When he graduated from high school, he attended Reed College; but after one semester, he decided to drop out. However, he still continued with other classes, like auditing and calligraphy. In fact, it was from calligraphy where he was inspired to create the proportionally spaced fonts and multiple typefaces in today's Mac

When he was 21 years old, Steve Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak decided to start a computer company; and on April 1, 1976 Apple Computer Co was founded. They first introduced the computer Apple I, which was followed by Apple II in the following year. Steve Jobs became a multi-millionaire in just four short years, when Apple computer developed into a publicly-traded corporation.

Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh to the public on January 24, 1984. The Macintosh was considered the first computer with a graphical user interface that is commercially successful.

Steve Jobs - An Erratic Manager?

Steve Jobs is well-known for having a demanding and aggressive personality. Many of Apple's employees find him very temperamental and authoritative. He was also described as a tempestuous and erratic manager. He was fired by Apple's board of directors and CEO John Sculley at the end of May 1985.

When Steve Jobs was asked to leave, he sold all but one of his shares in Apple in the year 1986. He then established another company called NeXT Computer. But when Apple almost hit rock bottom in the mid 1990s, it bought NeXt for US$402 million to take advantage of its highly effective operating system. In 1996, Steve Jobs became Apple's temporary CEO.