Cofounder of apple
Birth
Steve jobs was born on February 24, 1955
He was born in San Francisco, California his
birth parents gave him up for adoption
(wikipedia.org)
Opportunities as a kid
Steve jobs grew up in an neighborhood of
engineers working on electronics and other gizmos. At age 18 he went to Reed college for a semester then dropped out
At age 13 he met 18 year old Stephen
Wozniak
On April 1st, 1976 he and Wozniak created apple computers
Job had a job with Atari (moisescot)
Social, cultural and ethnic background
Jobs was a prankster in elementary school
Jobs was so intelligent and tested so well
administrators wanted to skip him to high school He was born an Arab American
As a child he was Lutheran but after a trip to
India for enlightenment he became a Zen
Buddhist
Steve was given up for adoption he grew up in the silicon valley of California (A&E television network) Background influences
Growing up in the silicon valley he was
surrounded by electronics
Jobs had friends who influenced him
Him and his father would sit in the garage and take apart electronics
He had a job designing video games for Atari
Why do we know Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs was cofounder of apple computers
This product grew to be one of the most well
known electronic companies
His work helped create the new age of electronic devices
He created the iPhone, iPod, and iPad
Struggles
Apple was an icon of American business.
Somewhere along the way jobs vision got clouded, some say by his ego, he was