Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (1955–2011) was an American entrepreneur and business leader best known as the co-founder of Apple. He co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976 and helped establish the company as a major personal-computer business. After leaving Apple in 1985, Jobs founded NeXT, a computer company whose technology later became part of Apple after its acquisition of NeXT in 1997. He also became closely associated with Pixar Animation Studios, serving as its chief executive and helping oversee its growth as a major animation company. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 and led the company during the development and introduction of several major products. He died on October 5, 2011, at age 56.