Henry Ford was born in 1863 in Dearborn, Michigan. He was born on his family farm and worked there for most of his early life. When he was a teenager, he came to the conclusion that farm work was not for him. Once Ford turned 16, he left the farm to take an apprenticeship working with machines in Detroit. There, he learned how to take care of and operate steam engines. In 1888, He married and returned to farming to take care of his wife and son. Shortly after, Ford was hired by the Edison Illuminating Company and was promoted to chief engineer. During his time at the company he worked on plans for a “horseless carriage”. Through trial and error, Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He then went on to create the Model T in 1908. The
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He instantly took an interest in electronics as he worked with his father in their garage. He took apart and reconstructed various electronic components. After high school, Jobs enrolled in Reed College. He dropped out after a short 6 months into his freshman year. He took a position as a video game designer, but left after a few months as well. At 21, Jobs met with an old high school classmate, Steve Wozniak, where they began developing the first Apple Computer. Jobs and Wozniak worked on the first computer in Jobs’ garage and sacrificed everything to launch Apple I. With the success of the Apple I, they then launched the Apple II. The new and improved design made a profit of $139 million. In 1980, Jobs made the decision to turn Apple into a publicly traded company. The value of Apple increased to $1.2 billion within the first day of stock trading. Despite Apple’s massive success, the company believed that Job’s ideas and strategies were hurting the sales. Jobs left Apple in 1985 and purchased an animation company. He invested $50 million into what later became known as the wildly popular Pixar Studios. The investment helped the animation studio flourish as it earned $4 billion creating movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. In 1996 Jobs returned to Apple. Jobs noticed that Apple sales decreased during his hiatus. He immediately began working on his newest project, the iMac. The new computer and ingenious marketing
He instantly took an interest in electronics as he worked with his father in their garage. He took apart and reconstructed various electronic components. After high school, Jobs enrolled in Reed College. He dropped out after a short 6 months into his freshman year. He took a position as a video game designer, but left after a few months as well. At 21, Jobs met with an old high school classmate, Steve Wozniak, where they began developing the first Apple Computer. Jobs and Wozniak worked on the first computer in Jobs’ garage and sacrificed everything to launch Apple I. With the success of the Apple I, they then launched the Apple II. The new and improved design made a profit of $139 million. In 1980, Jobs made the decision to turn Apple into a publicly traded company. The value of Apple increased to $1.2 billion within the first day of stock trading. Despite Apple’s massive success, the company believed that Job’s ideas and strategies were hurting the sales. Jobs left Apple in 1985 and purchased an animation company. He invested $50 million into what later became known as the wildly popular Pixar Studios. The investment helped the animation studio flourish as it earned $4 billion creating movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. In 1996 Jobs returned to Apple. Jobs noticed that Apple sales decreased during his hiatus. He immediately began working on his newest project, the iMac. The new computer and ingenious marketing