Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs is born

Feb 24, 1955

Steven Paul was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He is quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs

Jobs family moves

Jan 1, 1960

The Jobs family moves from San Francisco to Mountain View, a suburban town in Santa Clara county, more famous under the name Silicon Valley

Steve get Summer Job

Jul 1, 1968

13-year-old Steve Jobs calls up Bill Hewlett and gets a summer job at the HP factory

Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak

Jan 1, 1969

Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak, 5 years older, through a mutual friend. Woz and Steve share a love of electronics, Bob Dylan, and pranks

Steve Jobs goes to Reed College

Oct 1, 1973

Steve spends the fall semester at Reed College, Oregon, then drops out. He will stay on campus and attend the classes that interest him for a while, then move to a hippie commune

Steve Jobs goes to india to seek elightment

Jan 1, 1974

Steve gets his first job at video game maker Atari, and later makes a trip to India to 'seek enlightenment' with his college friend Dan Kottke

Steve Jobs Apple l

Mar 1, 1976

Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses' garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists, including 50 for the Byte Shop

Apple is incorporated

Apr 1, 1976

Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne

Apple lll

May 1, 1980

Apple launches the Apple III, which will prove a disastrous flop

Steve Jobs buys pixar

Jan 30, 1986

Jobs buys the computer division of George Lucas' ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar.

Steve Jobs gets married

Mar 18, 1991

Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite under the blessing of Steve's old zen guru Kobin Chino. Laurene is already pregnant

Pixar and Disney

May 1, 1991

Pixar signs a deal with Disney to make a computer-animated feature film

Apple in Retail

May 19, 2001

Apple opens its first Retail Stores in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California

Itunes

Apr 28, 2003

Apple opens the revolutionary online iTunes Music Store in the US, after negotiating landmark deals with all major music labels

Pancreatic cancer

Oct 1, 2003

Steve Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but stubbornly refuses any modern medical treatment for months. He tries alternative diets instead

Iphone

Jan 9, 2007

In his most memorable keynote presentation ever, at Macworld 2007, Steve Jobs introduces iPhone and its revolutionary touch-screen interface. He also introduces Apple TV and announces the company's name change from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. to better reflect its new nature

Medical leave

Jan 17, 2011

Jobs surprises the world by announcing his new medical leave of absence, without any end date

Steve Jobs passes

Oct 5, 2011

Steve Jobs dies at home, surrounded by his family