Steve is the CEO of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976. Apple is leading the consumer technology world with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, its family of iPod media players and iTunes media store, and its Mac computers and iLife and iWork application suites. Apple recently introduced the iPad, a breakthrough Internet and digital media device, plus the iBookstore, alongside iTunes and the App Store.
Steve also co-founded and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, which created some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time including Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and Steve now serves on Disney's board of directors.
February 24, 1955: Born in San Francisco, California
- 1976: After dropping out of college, he founds Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
- 1985: Forced out of Apple and starts the NeXT Corporation
- 1996: Returns to his old company when Apple buys NeXT and soon becomes its CEO
- 2004: Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
- Late 2008: Has liver transplant as part of treatment for pancreatic cancer
- Early 2009: Takes six months off to recuperate
- January 2011: Announces he is taking a third leave of absence for medical reasons
$8.3 billion (2011)
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