Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc. He was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, and grew up in the nearby area. Jobs attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after just one semester.
In 1976, Jobs co-founded Apple with his friend Steve Wozniak in the garage of Jobs' home. Together, they created the Apple I, a personal computer kit that was sold as a motherboard without a casing, keyboard, or monitor. Jobs and Wozniak went on to create the Apple II, which was a huge success and helped popularize personal computers.
After a power struggle within the company, Jobs left Apple in 1985 and went on to found NeXT, a computer company that was eventually acquired by Apple. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 and helped turn the company around, introducing products such as the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad that revolutionized the tech industry.
Jobs was known for his design aesthetic, his attention to detail, and his ability to create products that were not only functional but also beautiful. He passed away on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.