Early Life
Adopted shortly after birth by Paul and Clara Jobs, he grew up in what became Silicon Valley, attended Reed College briefly and worked at Atari before co-founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976.
Career
Apple's Macintosh (1984) popularized the graphical interface. Forced out of Apple in 1985, Jobs founded NeXT and bought the animation studio that became Pixar, which released Toy Story (1995). He returned to Apple in 1997 and led the launches of the iMac, the iPod (2001), the iTunes Store, the iPhone (2007) and the iPad (2010).
Legacy
Jobs died of pancreatic cancer in 2011 at age 56. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.
Sources and further reading
Last updated: 2026-09-24