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| death_place = [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], [[California]], US
| death_cause = Metastatic [[Insulinoma]]
| nationality = American/Syrian
| occupation = Co-founder, Chairman and CEO,<br> [[Apple Inc.]] <br>Co-founder and CEO, <br> [[Pixar]] <br> Founder and CEO, <br> [[NeXT|NeXT Inc.]]
| alma_mater = [[Reed College]] ([[College dropout billionaires|dropped out]])
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| influences = [[Edwin H. Land]]
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'''Steven Paul''' "'''Steve'''" '''Jobs''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɒ|b|z}}; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)<ref>{{cite doi|10.1126/science.1216019}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1038/479042a}}</ref> was
After a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded [[NeXT]], a [[computer platform]] development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of [[Lucasfilm]], which was spun off as [[Pixar]].<ref name="Pixar History 1986"/> He was credited in ''[[Toy Story]]'' (1995) as an executive producer. He served as CEO and majority shareholder until [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s purchase of Pixar in 2006.<ref name="Apple 2006"/> In 1996, after Apple had failed to deliver its operating system, [[Copland (operating system)|Copland]], [[Gil Amelio]] turned to NeXT Computer, and the [[NeXTSTEP]] platform became the foundation for the [[History of Mac OS X#Changed direction under Jobs|Mac OS X]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2859 |title=Life after Steve Jobs: What to Expect from the Next Generation at Apple |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |accessdate=2011-11-12 |archiveurl=http://archive.is/20120712/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2859 |archivedate=2012-07-12}}</ref> Jobs returned to Apple as an advisor, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by 1998.<ref>Zee Kane, {{cite web |url=http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-90-days/ |title=Steve Jobs: Apple Was 90 Days From Going Bankrupt |archiveurl=http://archive.is/20120720/http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-90-days/ |archivedate=2012-07-20}}, from an interview with Steve Jobs, TNW, 2 June 2010M</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/2009-1001-211855.html |title=Apple turnaround under way |archiveurl=http://archive.is/20120916/http://news.cnet.com/2009-1001-211855.html |archivedate=2012-09-16}}, cnet news, June 5, 1998</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=Steve Jobs|year=2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9|page=358|edition=1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=cf_2PBPP-rEC&pg=PT397&lpg=PT397&dq=If+we+stay+with+Gil+as+CEO,+I+think+there’s+only+a+10%25+chance+we+will+avoid+bankruptcy&source=bl&ots=pNMlnMZz3k&sig=Xc0UnJ5VTZyF0O3iny2gxIzFvkU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdU8UYW1MYKmqQHf1YC4CA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA|quote=At an executive session of the board in June, with Amelio out of the room, Woolard described to the current directors how he calculated their odds. "If we stay with Gil as CEO, I think there's only a 10% chance we will avoid bankruptcy," he said. "If we fire him and convince Steve to come take over, we have a 60% chance surviving. If we fire Gil, don't get Steve back, and have to search a new CEO, then we have 40% chance of surviving." The board gave him authority to ask Jobs to return.}}</ref>
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