Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs more commonly known as steve jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in California. His parents, however, did not want any child so they had to give him up for adoption. He was first signed to b given to a wealthy and well education family but at the last moment, they adopted a daughter instead. This led to jobs being given to a poor family Paul and Clara jobs. His biological mother Joanne Carole Schieble over decided to challenge the decision in court given the fact that she wanted her son to be raised in a wealthy and well-educated home. She put some conditions regarding the raising of jobs which included him being sent to a college for studying. His adoptive parents agreed and so they took him with them. Jobs in his biography told that he always considers his adoptive parents as his real parents and his biological parents as his sperm and egg bank. He also didn't take it well when someone mentioned his parents as adoptive parents.
Jobs family moved to California when he was a kid and made him a small workbench in the garage where Jobs could build stuff. His father was a mechanic by hobby and so he used to fix cars and almost anything that he needed to. This is what made jobs love creating in the first place. He was admitted to a school nearby but he wasn't attentive in class and often misbehaved for which he was suspended on many occasions. He also played pranks on teachers and students that made the students hate him. He later moved to another school called Cupertino School District where he was termed as a loner as he had a hard time making friends of his own age.
For his higher studies he attended Reed college which his parents could hardly afford. He met his first girlfriend there but soon broke out since both started seeing other people. This phase of his life was very difficult as he had to eat from the temple and return coke bottles to get money. At this point in time, he got a job at Atari where he worked as a technician. He started saving the money for his trip to India where he wanted to meet Neem Karoli Baba however on his arrival in India he found out that Baba had already passed away. He roamed the country for 7 months later returning to the USA and working for Atari again. In 1976 jobs created Apple company with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The later leaving them after just a few months leaving Jobs and Wozniak as the two co-founders of the company. They couldn't find the investors in the early days but later came to become the biggest company in the world. This was a very long process and a lot of hardwood was put into it.
In 1985 Jobs left Apple and created NEXT Inc, his personal company after having controversies at the Apple. A year later he created the Pixar inc which made animated movies. In 2003 Jobs was diagnosed with cancer which was the root cause of his death later on. He married Lauren Powell in 1991 and she was his wife till 2011. He had a child named Reed with his wife in 1998. His net worth is estimated to be around $10.2 billion. His biography can be read on Wikipedia.
Birth Date: | 24 Feb, 1955 |
Age: | 65 yrs |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | San Francisco |
residence: | Mountain View |
Education: | Reed College Homestead High School |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc. |
Spouse: | Laurene Powell Jobs[1991-2011] |
Net Worth 2021: | 250 million |