Steve Jobs - Ten Interesting Facts

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This truly is a monumental day in the history of technological advancement.  Most of us can remember when we sat down in front of our first Apple computer. Perhaps it was in college, or for others, grade school. About the only thing you could do at that time was make a little "turtle" move around the screen and draw colored lines.  Steve Jobs revolutionized the personal computer and changed the world forever.  We thought it might be a nice to share ten little-known facts about such an inspirational man.

Steve Jobs was born in 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs.

Jobs actually worked for Atari in early 1974, during which he saved up money to travel to India and search for spiritual enlightenment.

After receiving an order for 25 Apple I computers, Jobs and Wozniak raised needed capital by selling Jobs' Volkswagen van and Wozniak's Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.

Jobs and Wozniak actually offered the very first Apple computer to HP in 1976, however nobody at HP was interested!

Again in 1976, Jobs and "Woz" approach another company, Commodore, about purchasing their product because they did not have the funds to produce it in large quantities.  Again they are turned down!!

In early 1985, there was a huge power struggle at Apple, and Jobs is stripped of all his authority, although he still remains the Chairman. Later that year, Steve Jobs stood up in an Apple board meeting and said in a flay, unemotional voice, "I've been thinking a lot and it's time for me to get on with my life. It's obvious that I've got to do something. I'm thirty years old." He would not return to Apple until 1997!

In recognition of his pioneering work in technology, he was awarded the National Technology Medal by President Reagan in 1985 and the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987. In 1989, he was named Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine.

Jobs purchased the Pixar Animation Studio from George Lucas for $10 million in 1986.

At one point during Jobs career, his net worth jumped by $2.8 billion in one year!

Apple Stock Holdings: Now owns only a symbolic one share; he's paid $1 a year from Apple so that he can be on the health plan.

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at Stanford University in 2005

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