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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
The visionary co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs was today's version of an earlier era's Thomas Edison: beginning with the MacIntosh computer, his innovations generated a cultural revolution in everyday life. In 1976, he and Steve Wozniak founded Apple and began producing personal computers. After losing a power struggle in 1985, Jobs left Apple and later acquired Pixar Animation Studios, where he produced a string of films such as Toy Story. He returned to Apple in 1996 and launched an era of extraordinary inventiveness. With spellbinding showmanship, Jobs set out to "make a dent in the universe," and over the next several years introduced the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad -- products that transformed the consumer electronics industry. His entrepreneurship stressed design, and Apple products are known for their functional elegance. Jobs once said: "Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like... Design is how it works."
Diana Walker, 1982 |