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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs's file: Apple, exile, return, iPod, iPhone, and the product religion whose hardware empire now has to survive the machine age without him.
Jobs co-founded Apple, got pushed out of it, built NeXT and helped turn Pixar into a powerhouse, returned to a struggling Apple, then drove the iPod and iPhone era that created the hardware, software and distribution empire today’s machine age inherited.
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HOW THE HELL DID STEVE JOBS GET HERE?
Apr 1, 1976
APPLE STARTS IN 1976
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded Apple on April 1, 1976, beginning the company that would later define personal computing and mobile hardware.
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1985
THE FOUNDER GETS PUSHED OUT
Jobs left Apple in 1985 after losing a power struggle inside the company and went on to found NeXT.
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1997
THE EXILE COMES BACK
Jobs returned to Apple after the company acquired NeXT and soon resumed leadership of the company he had co-founded.
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Oct 23, 2001
ONE THOUSAND SONGS IN YOUR POCKET
Apple introduced the iPod under Jobs, combining hardware, software and a tightly controlled user experience in a pattern Apple would repeat at much larger scale.
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Jan 9, 2007
APPLE REINVENTS THE PHONE
Jobs introduced the iPhone as a phone, widescreen iPod and internet communicator in one device, creating the platform that would reshape Apple and mobile computing.
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Aug 24, 2011
JOBS HANDS THE CEO JOB TO TIM COOK
Jobs resigned as Apple CEO in August 2011 and recommended Tim Cook as his successor, remaining chairman of the board.
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Oct 5, 2011
THE FOUNDER'S ERA ENDS
Jobs died on October 5, 2011. Apple’s board described his vision and leadership as central to the company’s identity.
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