Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). Together the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. Jobs and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. He attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out that same year, and traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, and put up for adoption. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.
He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc. Steven Paul Jobs ( / dʒ ɒ b z/ Febru– October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor.
