STEVEN JOBS
was born Los Altos, California, 1955 - Los Angeles, 2011)
Computer and entrepreneurs. Father was one of the first personal computer (Apple I) and founder of Apple Computer, probably the most innovative company in the sector, computer magician was one of the most influential of the dizzying technological escalation that still lives in today's world, contributing instrumental in the popularization of computers. His visionary ideas in the field of personal computers, digital music or mobile telephony market and revolutionized the habits of millions of people for over four decades.
In 1981, the strongest competitor of Apple, IBM, the market had taken its first personal computer. In an effort to maintain the competitiveness of your company, Jobs decided to recruit for the presidency of the then president of Apple PepsiCo., John Sculley, not knowing that it will end up throwing your own company.
Then bought Jobs George Lucas for $ 50 million animation division of his empire Lucas Film. Thus were born in 1986, Pixar Animation Studios, who received an Academy Award Film by computer animation film Tin Toy in 1989.
In 2001 disembarked musical market with audio player pocket iPod and two years later created music store iTunes who led immediately music sales online retains its dominance.
Health problems, however, forced him to deviate temporarily from their work was treated for pancreatic cancer. In 2007 introduced the iPhone, first family of high-end smart phones produced by Apple, with touch screen and internet connection.
With their creativity intact, still in 2010 Steve Jobs surprised the world with an innovative product, the iPad, a tablet hybrid PC and mobile phone with the second version, the iPhone 2, submitted in March 2011 in one of his last appearances the public.