Steve Jobs Resume

Professional Summary

Pioneer of the personal computer revolution with Steve Wozniak. Co-creator of the Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and first Apple Stores. I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and idealistic industry. [Source: Wikipedia]

Work Experience

Apple Inc.

Role: Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO (1976–1985, 1997–2011)

Basically Steve Wozniak and I invented the Apple because we wanted a personal computer. In 1997, I returned to Apple as CEO after the company's acquisition of NeXT. I was largely responsible for reviving Apple, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. [Source: Wikipedia]

Pixar

Role: Primary Investor and Chairman (1986–2006)

In 1986, I bought the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off independently as Pixar. Pixar produced the first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story (1995), and became a leading animation studio. [Source: Wikipedia]

Role: Founder, Chairman, and CEO (1985–1997)

Founded NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. The NeXT computer's operating system, named NeXTSTEP, begat Darwin, which is now the foundation of most of Apple's operating systems. [Source: Wikipedia]

Projects

Year	Product	Description
1984	Macintosh	The first mass-produced computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). [Source: Wikipedia]
1998	iMac	The first consumer-facing Apple product to have debuted after my return. It eschewed the floppy disk drive and moved exclusively to USB. [Source: Wikipedia]
2001	iPod	The major innovation of the iPod was its small size achieved by using a 1.8" hard drive compared to the 2.5" drives common to players at that time. [Source: Wikipedia]
2007	iPhone	A multi-touch display cell phone, which also included the features of an iPod and, with its own mobile browser, revolutionized the mobile browsing scene. [Source: Wikipedia]

Education

Reed College (1972): I attended Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year. I continued to attend by auditing classes, including a course on calligraphy. [Source: Wikipedia]
Homestead High School (1968–1972): Graduated in 1972. During my last two years, I developed two different interests: electronics and literature. [Source: Wikipedia]

Interests & Philosophy

Zen Buddhism: I engaged in lengthy meditation retreats at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. My design aesthetic was influenced by philosophies of Zen and Buddhism. [Source: Wikipedia]

Calligraphy: If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. [Source: Wikipedia]