Unit | Steve Jobs Timeline ![]() |
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1955 |
[1955.02.24] Steven Paul Jobs is born in San Francisco
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1972 |
[1972] Enters Reed College in Portland but drops out after 1 semester.
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1974 |
[1974] Takes a job with Atari and meets Steve Wozniak
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1976 |
[1976] Co-founds Apple with Steve and introduces the Apple I
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1977 |
[1977] Along with Wozniak, produces the Apple II.
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1980 |
[1980] Apple goes public
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1982 |
[1982] Apple had a billion dollars in annual sales
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1983 |
[1983] John Sculley become CEO of Apple.
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1984 |
[1984] Apple introduces the Macintosh.
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1985 |
[1985] Leaves Apple due to disagreements with management.
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1986 |
[1986] Launches NeXT. Purchases Pixar from George Lucas.
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1996 |
[1996] Sells NeXT to Apple and rejoins Apple as a consultant.
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1997 |
[1997] Is named interim CEO of Apple.
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1998 |
[1998] Apple introduces the iMac.
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2000 |
[2000] Becomes permanent CEO of Apple.
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2001 |
[2001] Apple introduces the iPod
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2003 |
[2003] Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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2004 |
[2004.07.31] Undergoes surgery to remove a tumor
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2005 |
[2005] Stanford University commencement & unveil cancer
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2007 |
[2007.01.09] Jobs unveils the iPhone at the Macworld
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2008 |
[2008] Steve Jobs Keynote in WWDC 2008
[2008] Introduces the MacBook Air.
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2009 |
[2009.01.14] Announces he will take a medical leave of absence
[2009.06.29] Apple announces that Jobs has returned to work.
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2010 |
[2010] Apple Passes MS as World’s Largest Tech Company
[2010.01.27] Jobs introduces the iPad.
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2011 |
[2011.01] Takes another medical leave of absence.
[2011.03.02] Jobs unveil the iPad 2.
[2011.06.06] Jobs introduces iCloud
[2011.08.24] Resigns as CEO, Tim Cook is promoted to CEO.
[2011.10.05] Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56
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