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(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
Personal
Birth date: February 24, 1955
Death date: October 5, 2011
Birth place: San Francisco, California
Birth name: Steven Paul Jobs
Father: Adoptive – Paul Jobs, machinist
Mother: Adoptive – Clara (Hagopian) Jobs, accountant
Marriage: Laurene (Powell) Jobs (March 18, 1991-October 5, 2011, his death)
Children: with Laurene Jobs: Reed, Erin and Eve; with Chris-Ann Brennan: Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Education: Attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, 1972
Other Facts
At about age 12, Jobs asked William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard for some parts to complete a school project. Hewlett offered Jobs an internship at his company.
Met Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in high school when Jobs was 13 and Wozniak was 18.
Dropped out of Reed College after one semester, but audited classes including calligraphy and modern dance
When he rejoined Apple in 1997, Jobs received an annual salary of $1.00.
Jobs tracked down his biological parents Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali and discovered that his younger sister is novelist Mona Simpson.
Timeline
1974 – Takes a job with Atari designing video games, then leaves that same year to travel through India.
1976 – Co-founds Apple in his family’s garage with Wozniak and introduces the Apple I computer.
1977 – Along with Wozniak, produces the Apple II.
1983 – The Apple Lisa is introduced which is purportedly named for his daughter, Lisa.
1984 – Apple introduces the Macintosh.
1985 – Leaves Apple due to disagreements with management. Launches the computer company NeXT.
1986 – Purchases Pixar Animation Studios from George Lucas.
1996 – Sells NeXT to Apple and rejoins Apple as a consultant.
1997 – Is named interim CEO of Apple.
1998 – Apple introduces the iMac.
2000 – Becomes permanent CEO of Apple.
2001 – Apple introduces the iPod.
April 28, 2003 – Apple launches the iTunes store.
July 2003 – Apple Corps, Ltd., the record company owned by the Beatles, sues Apple, Inc., for trademark violation over the apple logo used on the iTunes website. The suit is settled in 2007.
2003 – Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
July 31, 2004 – Undergoes surgery to remove a tumor related to the cancer.
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 – Jobs is named to the Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the most influential people in the world.
2006 – Pixar merges with The Walt Disney Company and Jobs takes a position on Disney’s board of directors.
January 9, 2007 – Jobs unveils the iPhone at the Macworld conference.
2008 – Introduces the MacBook Air.
January 5, 2009 – Writes