Steve Jobs: The Inventor Of Apple

Steve Jobs was just a college dropout hanging out with his friends in his parents’ garage when, what we know now as Apple, began. He was only twenty-one years old when he and his friends, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, were in the process of inventing the Apple product line. Who knew just from a simple location as someone’s garage that these products would have become revolutionary? These men had basic jobs prior to becoming the inventors of Apple. The company was incorporated on April 1, 1976, ironically on April Fools’ Day. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak continued to grow with this new revolutionary company, but Wayne sold his share of the newly made company for $800 only two weeks in because he feared of financial ruin. Unfortunate …show more content…
but was later renamed as simply Apple Inc. during January of 2007. Although a multinational company, currently the Apple headquarters is located in Cupertino, California. During 1985, Steve Jobs resigned from his own company simply because he was uncontrollable and clashed with the board of directors. He did not convey his plans very well with the Apple employees and engineers. Many people confessed that he was seemingly unpleasant and notoriously difficult to work with. Jobs leaving the company lead to Apples’ downward spiral but fortunately in 1997, he rejoined the board with the title of CEO. After returning, he seemed to be a better, rejuvenated leader added back to the team. Jobs oversaw multiple departments such as the retail stores, iTunes store, and the App store. Soon after, he became recognized as one of the company’s very valuable assets. Even though the company took a downward spiraling turn when Jobs left, luckily after his return the company is profitable once …show more content…
During 2011 Jobs’ declining health forces him to take medical leave. After returning back to the company, he decided for his post to be reassigned to Tim Cook. Cook took over Jobs’ role as the CEO of Apple. Jobs felt that if he was once unable to continue and successfully carry out his position, that he would certainly take action when the time came. He did not fully leave the company, though in 2011, he stepped down in his position to being the Chairman of the Board. Even though he was supposed to be on medical leave, he still helped out in the strategic decisions of the company. Shocking to all, during his time of sickness he still went on stage and introduced the iCloud. This was Jobs’ last product launch preceding his death on October 5,