- Steven Paul Jobs was born in 1955 in Wisconsin and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, growing up in California where he showed an early interest in electronics and built his first radio at age 8.
- Jobs dropped out of college but still audited classes, then co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak in 1976 after they created the Apple I personal computer in Jobs' garage.
- The Apple II was released in 1977 and propelled Apple to great success, though Jobs was ousted from the company in 1985. He then founded NeXT and became CEO of Pixar before returning to Apple in 1996 and transforming it with products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad.