Name
Steve Jobs
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-02-24
Deathday
2011-10-05 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, marketer,[ and inventor, who was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic and design-driven pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming "one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies." Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar. Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa and, a year later, the Macintosh. He also played a role in introducing the LaserWriter, one of the first widely available laser printers, to the market. After a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off as Pixar. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. He served as CEO and majority shareholder until Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006. In 1996, after Apple had failed to deliver its operating system, Copland, Gil Amelio turned to NeXT Computer, and the NeXTSTEP platform became the foundation for the Mac OS X. Jobs returned to Apple as an advisor, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by 1998. As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and on the services side, the company's Apple Retail Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store. The success of these products and services provided several years of stable financial returns, and propelled Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. The reinvigoration of the company is regarded by many commentators as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. Though it was initially treated, he reported a hormone imbalance, underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and appeared progressively thinner as his health declined. On medical leave for most of 2011, Jobs resigned in August that year, and was elected Chairman of the Board. He died of respiratory arrest related to the tumor on October 5, 2011. Jobs received a number of honors and public recognition for his influence in the technology and music industries. He has been referred to as "legendary", a "futurist" and a "visionary", and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution," a "master of innovation," "the master evangelist of the digital age" and a "design perfectionist."
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- 1985 In Search of Excellence
- 1996 The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires as Self - Co-Founder, Apple Computer
- 2007 All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as Himself
- 2015 Little Blue Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview as Himself
- 2012 Steve Jobs: iGenius
- 2005 A Brief History of the PC as Self
- 2007 The Pixar Story as Self
- 2011 The Way Steve Jobs Changed the World as Himself (archive footage)
- 2011 Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 Video Games: The New Masters of the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 General Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 Steve Jobs: One Last Thing as Himself
- 2007 Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2015 Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World as Self
- 2012 史蒂夫·乔布斯：人生简史
- Soon NeXtstep Release 3: A Demonstration with Steve Jobs as Self
- 2015 Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine as Self
- 2012 Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius as Self
- 2011 Steve Jobs: iChanged the World as Self
- 2012 Steve Jobs: Consciously Genius as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life as Self
- 2020 Bay Area Revelations The Evolution of Video Games in the Bay Area
- 2026 Passion of the day as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
- 2017 NHK WORLD PRIME ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet ( 3 episodes ) as Himself (co-founder, Apple Computer)
- 2020 History 101 ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 Duels ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 The Defiant Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 Код доступа ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Triumph of the Nerds ( 3 episodes )
