Steve Jobs

Robin Labra

Mr. Turner

English 4

20 May 2014

Steve Jobs

Everyone is unique on this plant. We share the air and shine to live but we all do things in our own ways. Some people waste a lifetime and do nothing with their lives and others do marvelous things with theirs. One particular person that has done great things with his life is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs wasn’t some original person, he was a creative, crazy, rebellion, and over all a life changing person that wanted to make a difference in the world, and that he did. Steve revolutionized the music and cellphone industry. From the day he was born to the day he died he will always be remembered as a hero.

Steve Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. “ He always showed early signs of intelligence” When Steve Jobs was 6 years old, his young next door neighbor found out he was adopted. "That means your parents abandoned you and didn't want you," she told him. Jobs ran into his home, where his adoptive parents reassured him that he was theirs and that they wanted him.

In 1985, Steve resigned as Apple's CEO to begin a new hardware and software company called NeXT, Inc. The next year Steve bought an animation company from George Lucas, which would later be known as Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Steve invested $50 million of his own money into the company. “ Pixar Studios went on to produce wildly popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar's films have netted $4 billion.” () The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder. Steve brought Apple's success in the 1970s, he is credited with revitalizing the company in the 1990s. “With a new management team, altered stock options and a self-imposed annual salary of $1 a year”(), Steve put Apple back on track. His ingenious products such as the iMac, effective branding campaigns, and stylish designs caught the attention of...