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Steve Jobs, the irrepressible and iconic leader of the personal computer revolution, has been the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From the Macintosh and the iPod, to iTunes and the iPhone, Jobs has secured his legacy as one of the few who dared to “Think Different.”
Here, we take a look at his life: From adoptee to college dropout to business maverick and cancer patient, these are some of the personal and professional highlights of Steve Jobs' life.
Jobs was born Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up in the house pictured left and actually created the first Macintosh computer in the garage.
His biological parents — Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Simpson — were unmarried graduate students at the time of his birth. The couple later married and had a daughter, whom they raised. Jobs' biological sister is the novelist Mona Simpson.
Jobs is famously known for dropping out of college after only one semester. After he left, he ended up travelling to India in search of spiritual enlightenment and returned to the United States as a Buddhist with a shaved head.
During this time, Jobs also experimented with psychedelic drugs. He is quoted in the 2005 book What the Dormouse Said by New York Times reporter John Markoff as saying his LSD experiences were "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life." Jobs, pictured at left in 1977 after launching Apple, is still a practicing Zen Buddhist
Like his biological parents, Jobs also had a child out of wedlock. In 1978, Jobs' love interest, painter Chrisann Brennan, gave birth to a baby girl. Jobs denied paternity based on claims that he was sterile, so Brennan raised their daugher on her own, even using the welfare system to get by.
Jobs later acknowledged Lisa Brennan-Jobs (pictured left) as his daughter. Lisa was the namesake of one of Jobs' "worst" creations, the Lisa, a $10,000 "ugly piece of machinery ."
In the unauthorized biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs , author Alan Deutschman wrote that Jobs once dated Joan Baez.
Jobs has never confirmed his relationship with the singer, but in another unauthorized biography, iCon: Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon, the authors suggested that Jobs would have married Baez, but her age meant it was unlikely the couple could have children.
Jobs bought an apartment in The San Remo apartment building on Central Park West in New York in 1982. Other famous residents of the building include Demi Moore, Steven Spielberg and Steve Martin.
Jobs reportedly spent years renovating the apartment in the building's north tower, but never moved in. He later sold it to U2 singer Bono.
Apple rolled out the Macintosh computer with 128K RAM of memory in January, 1984. It soon became obvious more memory was needed, and Apple released an updated version with 512K RAM.
The Mac was the first personal computer driven by a graphical user interface, becoming the basis for all of today's PC interfaces. Jobs left Apple in 1985 after a power struggle with CEO John Sculley, and started a new computer firm, NeXT Inc. The company's hardware didn't take off, but the software was so solid that Apple eventually bought NeXT in 1997 and invited Jobs back as an advisor.
NeXT software eventually became the basis for Apple's OS X, which runs today's Macs, iPhones, iPod touch and the iPad?A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Like his biological parents, Jobs also had a child out of wedlock. In 1978, Jobs' love interest, painter Chrisann Brennan, gave birth to a baby girl. Jobs denied paternity based on claims that he was sterile, so Brennan raised their daugher on her own, even using the welfare system to get by?A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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Steve Jobs, the irrepressible and iconic leader of the personal computer revolution, has been the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From the Macintosh and the iPod, to iTunes and the iPhone, Jobs has secured his legacy as one of the few who dared to “Think Different.”
Here, we take a look at his life: From adoptee to college dropout to business maverick and cancer patient, these are some of the personal and professional highlights of Steve Jobs' life.
Jobs was born Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up in the house pictured left and actually created the first Macintosh computer in the garage.
His biological parents — Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Simpson — were unmarried graduate students at the time of his birth. The couple later married and had a daughter, whom they raised. Jobs' biological sister is the novelist Mona Simpson.
Jobs is famously known for dropping out of college after only one semester. After he left, he ended up travelling to India in search of spiritual enlightenment and returned to the United States as a Buddhist with a shaved head.
During this time, Jobs also experimented with psychedelic drugs. He is quoted in the 2005 book What the Dormouse Said by New York Times reporter John Markoff as saying his LSD experiences were "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life." Jobs, pictured at left in 1977 after launching Apple, is still a practicing Zen Buddhist
Like his biological parents, Jobs also had a child out of wedlock. In 1978, Jobs' love interest, painter Chrisann Brennan, gave birth to a baby girl. Jobs denied paternity based on claims that he was sterile, so Brennan raised their daugher on her own, even using the welfare system to get by.
Jobs later acknowledged Lisa Brennan-Jobs (pictured left) as his daughter. Lisa was the namesake of one of Jobs' "worst" creations, the Lisa, a $10,000 "ugly piece of machinery ."
In the unauthorized biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs , author Alan Deutschman wrote that Jobs once dated Joan Baez.
Jobs has never confirmed his relationship with the singer, but in another unauthorized biography, iCon: Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon, the authors suggested that Jobs would have married Baez, but her age meant it was unlikely the couple could have children.
Jobs bought an apartment in The San Remo apartment building on Central Park West in New York in 1982. Other famous residents of the building include Demi Moore, Steven Spielberg and Steve Martin.
Jobs reportedly spent years renovating the apartment in the building's north tower, but never moved in. He later sold it to U2 singer Bono.
Apple rolled out the Macintosh computer with 128K RAM of memory in January, 1984. It soon became obvious more memory was needed, and Apple released an updated version with 512K RAM.
The Mac was the first personal computer driven by a graphical user interface, becoming the basis for all of today's PC interfaces. Jobs left Apple in 1985 after a power struggle with CEO John Sculley, and started a new computer firm, NeXT Inc. The company's hardware didn't take off, but the software was so solid that Apple eventually bought NeXT in 1997 and invited Jobs back as an advisor.
NeXT software eventually became the basis for Apple's OS X, which runs today's Macs, iPhones, iPod touch and the iPad?A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Like his biological parents, Jobs also had a child out of wedlock. In 1978, Jobs' love interest, painter Chrisann Brennan, gave birth to a baby girl. Jobs denied paternity based on claims that he was sterile, so Brennan raised their daugher on her own, even using the welfare system to get by?A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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