Who'S Who in Computer Science

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs contributed to the technology field by being the co-founder of the company Apple Inc. Steve was born and raised in San Fransisco during the 1960's. Steve was born in February 24, 1955 and passed away in October 5, 2011 due to a pancriatic tumor. Steve attended Reed College in 1972. He dropped out of college the same year he came in. Instead, he traveled to India in 1974 to study Zen Buddahism. After this Jobs helped the develop visual effects industry by funding the computer graphics division. He wasnt only helping himself to develop tecnology but, he was also helping others by finding the project. In 2011, Steve Jobs net was worth around 6.5 billion with Pixar and Disneyland. In 1974 Steve Jobs took a position as a videogame designer with Atari (videogame brand). In 1976 When Steve Jobs was 21, he started to build the Apple computer in his garage with Steve Wozniak. Both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created a revolutionary computer. The computer that they created was revolutionary because they made the computer to have the latest technology with an afordable price. Not only that but, the computer was also travel friendly and is easily accessible. Because of this reasoon, Apple products were a big hit. This made Steve Jobs one of the people that contributed the most into the technology field.