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| + | {{#eimage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg/612px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Jobs holding an iPhone 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} | ||
| + | ==Biography== | ||
| + | '''''1955-2011''''' | ||
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| + | '''Entrepreneur''' | ||
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Jobs, with Stephen Wozniac, co-founded Apple Computers, after developing their first machine in a garage. Jobs' company was also the brains behind the first computer-animated film Toy Story. | Jobs, with Stephen Wozniac, co-founded Apple Computers, after developing their first machine in a garage. Jobs' company was also the brains behind the first computer-animated film Toy Story. | ||
| − | He was orphaned as a baby and adopted. | + | He was orphaned as a baby and [[adopted]]. |
| − | He showed remarkable electronics aptitude early in life and attended lectures at Hewlett-Packard, where he also had a summer job and met Wozniac. He went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon (class of 1976), but dropped out after one term, although he continued to attend classes for a year, also experimenting with drugs and eastern religions. | + | He showed remarkable electronics aptitude early in life and attended lectures at Hewlett-Packard, where he also had a summer job and met Wozniac. He went to Reed College in Portland, [[Oregon]] (class of 1976), but dropped out after one term, although he continued to attend classes for a year, also experimenting with drugs and eastern religions. |
== References == | == References == | ||
| − | Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) | + | Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and [[Adopted]] People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) |
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 | Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 | ||
Caddes, Carolyn. Portraits of Success: Impressions of Silicon Valley Pioneers. (Palo Alto: Tioga Publishing Co., 1986) | Caddes, Carolyn. Portraits of Success: Impressions of Silicon Valley Pioneers. (Palo Alto: Tioga Publishing Co., 1986) | ||
| − | Deutschman, Alan. The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. (New York: Broadway Books, 2000) | + | Deutschman, Alan. The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. ([[New York]]: Broadway Books, 2000) |
Rozakis, Laurie. Steven Jobs: Computer Genius. (Vero Beach: Rourke Enterprises, 1993) (Masters of Invention) | Rozakis, Laurie. Steven Jobs: Computer Genius. (Vero Beach: Rourke Enterprises, 1993) (Masters of Invention) | ||
Young, Jeffrey S. The Journey Is the Reward. (Glenview: Scott Foresman Trade, 1988) | Young, Jeffrey S. The Journey Is the Reward. (Glenview: Scott Foresman Trade, 1988) | ||
| − | Clatterbuck, Leslie. "Steven Jobs." [Includes portrait]. Formerly available at: | + | Clatterbuck, Leslie. "Steven Jobs." [Includes portrait]. Formerly available at: www.cslab.vt.edu/~lclatter/SRC/jobs.html |
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| − | European | + | [[Category: European]] |
| − | USA | + | [[Category: USA]] |
| − | 20th Century | + | [[Category: 20th Century]] |
| − | 21st Century | + | [[Category: 21st Century]] |
| − | Business and Industry | + | [[Category: Business and Industry]] |
| − | Computers | + | [[Category: Computers]] |
| − | Engineering, Technology, Aviation, Inventions | + | [[Category: Engineering, Technology, Aviation, Inventions]] |
| − | Science, Parascience | + | [[Category: Science, Parascience]] |
| − | Self-made Men and Women | + | [[Category: Self-made Men and Women]] |
| − | Formal, American/European-Type Adoption | + | [[Category: Formal, American/European-Type Adoption]] |
| − | Birth or Infancy | + | [[Category: Birth or Infancy]] |
| − | Orphaned (Both Parents) | + | [[Category: Orphaned (Both Parents)]] |
| − | Others ("Strangers") | + | [[Category: Others ("Strangers")]] |
| − | Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated | + | [[Category: Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated]] |
| + | [[Category: Adopted Persons]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:55, 5 March 2018
Source: Wikipedia.org.
Biography
1955-2011
Entrepreneur
Jobs, with Stephen Wozniac, co-founded Apple Computers, after developing their first machine in a garage. Jobs' company was also the brains behind the first computer-animated film Toy Story.
He was orphaned as a baby and adopted.
He showed remarkable electronics aptitude early in life and attended lectures at Hewlett-Packard, where he also had a summer job and met Wozniac. He went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon (class of 1976), but dropped out after one term, although he continued to attend classes for a year, also experimenting with drugs and eastern religions.
References
Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 Caddes, Carolyn. Portraits of Success: Impressions of Silicon Valley Pioneers. (Palo Alto: Tioga Publishing Co., 1986) Deutschman, Alan. The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. (New York: Broadway Books, 2000) Rozakis, Laurie. Steven Jobs: Computer Genius. (Vero Beach: Rourke Enterprises, 1993) (Masters of Invention) Young, Jeffrey S. The Journey Is the Reward. (Glenview: Scott Foresman Trade, 1988) Clatterbuck, Leslie. "Steven Jobs." [Includes portrait]. Formerly available at: www.cslab.vt.edu/~lclatter/SRC/jobs.html
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