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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Steve Jobs

Founder and Executive

American businessman who co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, pioneering the personal computer revolution, left the company in 1985, and returned as chief executive in 1997 to lead its recovery through the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1955-02-24 1
Birth Year
1955 1
Death Date
2011-10-05 1
Death Year
2011 1
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Co-founded Apple Computer Company with Steve Wozniak in 1976, then returned as CEO in 1997 after an eleven-year absence and led Apple through the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. 1
Connections

Associated With

Apple Inc. Initial Public Offering, Corporate Events
Source Wikipedia, Apple Inc.
Consumer Electronics Industry, Industries
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Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 and later founded NeXT, building Apple into one of the world's most valuable technology companies.

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Steve Wozniak, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple together in 1976.

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Vertical Integration, Business Models
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Companies Founded

Apple Inc., Companies and Brands

Co-founded with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne; Wayne sold his stake within days and is not separately catalogued in this atlas.

Source Wikipedia, Apple Inc.
NeXT, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: NeXT

Companies Led

Apple Inc., Companies and Brands

Chief executive 1976-1985 and again 1997-2011.

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In the Other Atlases

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia, Steve Jobs
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976.
  • Companies Led: Apple Inc.
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship
  • Associated With: Steve Wozniak
  • Associated With: Consumer Electronics Industry
  • Associated With: Vertical Integration
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Wikidata: Steve Jobs
Wikidata Q19837, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia, Apple Inc.
Wikipedia
  • Companies Founded: Apple Inc., Lead section
    Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year.
  • Associated With: Apple Inc. Initial Public Offering, 1976-1980: Founding and incorporation
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Wikipedia: NeXT
Companies Founded: NeXT, Infobox: founder
Quote, Companies Founded: NeXT, Infobox: founder
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