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1955-1985 Youth & Apple's early years

24 Feb 1955

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Steven Paul was born in San Francisco, the son of Abdulfattah and Joanne. He is adopted by Jobs Family

1969

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Steve Jobs meets Steve Wozniak, 5 years older, through a mutual friend. Woz and Steve share a love of electronics, Bob Dylan, and pranks

1 Apr 1976

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Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne

Spring 1976

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Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses’ garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists, including 50 for the Byte Shop

Feb 1982

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A portrait of Steve Jobs ends up on the cover of Time Magazine, under the title ‘Striking it Rich’.

8 Apr 1983

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PepsiCo CEO John Sculley becomes Apple’s CEO after having been wooed by Steve Jobs for several months

24 Jan 1984

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Macintosh is launched in great fanfare at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting

17 Sep 1985

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Steve Jobs resigns from Apple and starts NeXT with five other refugees from Apple.

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30 Jan 1986

Jobs buys the computer division of George Lucas’ ILM for $10 million and incorporates it as Pixar.

12 Oct 1988

Steve Jobs introduces the NeXT Cube in San Francisco to great critical acclaim, pitching it as a workstation for higher education

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Apr 1989

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Steve Jobs is named ‘Entrepreneur of the decade’ by Inc. magazine

18 Mar 1991

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Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell in Yosemite under the blessing of Steve’s old zen guru Kobin Chino. Laurene is already pregnant

Early 1996

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Steve Jobs negotiates a breakthrough deal between Pixar and Disney with its CEO Michael Eisner. The deal includes landmark rights for a studio, such as equal billing

Dec 1996

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Apple, which was desperately looking for a modern operating system to buy, eventually buys NeXT for $400 million. Steve Jobs is named “informal adviser” to Apple CEO Gil Amelio

to be continued...