Co-founder, long-time CEO, and for decades the driving creative spirit behind the Apple computer company.
[1] Peter Elkind, "The Trouble with Steve Jobs", CNN Money, 5 March 2008.
Father: Paul Jobs (adoptive father, machinist, b. 1931)
Mother: Clara Hagopian (adoptive mother, accountant, b. 3-Aug-1924, d.)
Father: Abdulfattah Jandali (biological father)
Mother: Joanne Carole Schieble (biological mother)
Sister: Mona Simpson (biological, b. 14-Jun-1957)
Daughter: Lisa Nicole (namesake of the Apple Lisa, b. 17-Jun-1978)
Wife: Laurene Powell (m. 18-Mar-1991)
High School: Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA (1972)
University: Reed College (1972-74)
Apple CEO (2000-11)
Apple Interim CEO (1997-2000)
Pixar CEO (1986-2006)
NeXT President and CEO (1985-96)
Apple Co-Founder (1976-85)
Atari 1974-75
Hewlett-Packard (summer job)
Member of the Board of Apple (as Chairman, 1975-77 & 1981-84, as Director, 1996-2011)
Member of the Board of Disney (2006-11)
Member of the Board of Pixar (as Chairman, 1986-2006)
Bill Bradley for President
National Academy of Engineering
World Technology Network
National Medal of Technology and Innovation 1985
Adopted
Stomach Pumped accidental pesticide poisoning, childhood
Paternity Test
Traveled to the USSR Jul-1985
Cholecystectomy Whipple procedure
Liver Transplant Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN (Apr-2009)
Syrian Ancestry (birth father)
Risk Factors: Pancreatic Cancer, Vegetarian, Marijuana, LSD
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (16-Nov-2011) · Himself
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (12-Jun-1996) · Himself
Is the subject of books:
The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, 2000, BY: Alan Deutschman
Steve Jobs -- The Journey is the Reward, 1988, BY: Jeffrey S. Young
Steve Jobs, 2011, BY: Walter Isaacson
AKA Steven Paul Jobs