14 DAY TRIAL // Apple must have partied hard this weekend as the highly controversial Apple CEO celebrated his 52nd birthday on Saturday. We have no information on wild get-togethers in Cupertino, so I'm assuming the celebration took place behind closed doors.
Jobs is much spoken of these days, though not necessarily highly-spoken of. Apple is now riding a high wave, they've announced two new products this year (Apple TV and iPhone) that will probably bring the company more prestige and cash.
Jobs is now Apple CEO and the largest shareholder (7 percent) at Disney, member in Disney Board of Directors (he has been CEO at Pixar which was bought by Disney a year ago). I dare say he must be hearing 'Cha-Ching!' every time he wakes up. Jobs' net worth is estimated at about $5 billion and going up.
Mr. Jobs was born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco and was put up for adoption when one week old. He was raised by Paul and Clara Jobs in Cupertino, where he attended middle-school and high-school. He enrolled at Reed College in Oregon but dropped out. Still, he kept on attending various classes there.
He worked with Steve Wozniak, with whom he developed the first Apple computer. They founded Apple together in 1976 and he was kicked out of the company in '85. He regained track in '86, when he founded another company, NeXT Computer. Around this time, he also bought The Graphics Group, later called Pixar.
NeXT was bought by Apple in '96 and soon Jobs regained his position of CEO at Apple. Jobs' comeback meant significantly increased sales for the company and the launch of Mac OS X and iMac. Apple later evolved from only developing computers, by introducing the iPod, iconic digital music player, and now the iPhone, a touch-screen cellphone/multimedia device.
Jobs made sure Apple products would be high-quality, great looking devices. His believes regarding the importance of design and the aesthetics factor helped Apple sell as much as they do, despite the usually high price of Apple products.
Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs, and may you deliver many more headlines in the years to come!