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Birth
Steven Paul was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He is quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs -
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HP Summer Job
13-year-old Steve Jobs calls up Bill Hewlett and gets a summer job at the HP factory -
Apple 1
Woz and Steve show the early Apple I board at the Homebrew Computer Club -
Apple Incorporated
Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne -
No Thanks
Steve's ex-girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan gives birth to their daugher Lisa. Steve refuses to acknowledge he is the father. -
Apple 2
Sales of Apple II skyrocket after pioneer spreadsheet software Visicalc is introduced -
Apple 3
Apple launches the Apple III, which will prove a disastrous flop -
Steve is "Fired"
Palace coup: Apple's board sides with John Sculley and strips Steve off all executive duties -
Clara Jobs Dies
Steve's mother Clara dies. A couple months later, Steve discovers his biological mother Joanne and his sister, novelist Mona Simpson. They will become close friends -
NeXT Cube
Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT Cube in San Francisco to great critical acclaim, pitching it as a workstation for higher education -
Entrepreneur of the Decade
Steve Jobs is named 'Entrepreneur of the decade' by Inc. magazine -
Toy Story
Steve starts focusing less on NeXT and more on Pixar before Toy Story is released. He becomes President & CEO of Pixar Animation Studios -
Net Worth after Toy Story
One week after Toy Story is out, Pixar goes public. Steve Jobs's worth rises to $1.5 billion, more than it ever was during his first tenure at Apple -
Back to Apple
Apple, which was desperately looking for a modern operating system to buy, eventually buys NeXT for $400 million. Steve Jobs is named "informal adviser" to Apple CEO Gil Amelio -
First Store
Apple opens its first Retail Stores in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California -
Cancer
Steve Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but stubbornly refuses any modern medical treatment for months. He tries alternative diets instead -
"Stay hungry, Stay foolish"
Steve Jobs makes a memorable commencement speech at Stanford University. History will remember its closing remarks, Steve's advice to the young students: 'Stay hungry, stay foolish', a quote from the last page of the Whole Earth Catalogue from his youth -
Macbook Air
At Macworld 2008, Steve Jobs introduces MacBook Air, with the tagline 'the world's thinnest notebook'. Three years later, it will come to redefine all of Apple's notebook product line -
iPad
After months of wild rumors, Steve Jobs unveils iPad, 'the biggest thing Apple's ever done'. The tablet runs the same operating system as iPhone -
Death
Passed away due to cancer.
