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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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'''''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.  
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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.
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== References ==
 
== References ==
  
Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)
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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)
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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: [http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~lclatter/SRC/jobs.html]
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Clatterbuck, Leslie. "Steven Jobs." [Includes portrait]. Formerly available at: www.cslab.vt.edu/~lclatter/SRC/jobs.html
  
 
[[Category: European]]
 
[[Category: European]]

Latest revision as of 03:55, 5 March 2018

Jobs holding an iPhone 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
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