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Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor and co-founder of Apple.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
United States
Born
1955-02-24
Died
2011-10-05
Wikidata
Q19837
Occupations entrepreneurinventordesignercomputer scientistexecutive producerfilm producerfinancial industryGeneral managerFounder
Aliases Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor and co-founder of Apple.

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In 1976, he co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak to promote the development of personal computer products.

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Founded NeXT in 1985, purchased the computer graphics department that later became Pixar in 1986, and returned to Apple in 1997.

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Steve Jobs cover Steve Jobs Biography Karen Blumenthal · 2012 English · 4.3 rating / 3 ratings

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I, Steve cover I, Steve Related research Steven Jobs, Steve Jobs, George W. Beahm · 2011 English · 4.5 rating / 2 ratings

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Book Steve Jobs Biography Anna Revell · 2018 English · Not yet rated

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Becoming Steve Jobs cover Becoming Steve Jobs Biography Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli · 2015 English · 4.1 rating / 10 ratings

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Who Was Steve Jobs? cover Who Was Steve Jobs? Biography Pamela Pollack, Meg Belviso, O'Brien, John · 2012 English · 4.8 rating / 4 ratings

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Steve Jobs cover Steve Jobs Biography Jessie Hartland · 2015 English · 4.0 rating / 1 ratings

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Book Steve Jobs Biography Bio Book Related book · relationship unverified David Right · 2017 English · Not yet rated

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Book Steve Jobs Biography (Collector's Edition) Related book · relationship unverified Walter Isaacson WeRead · 1021 readers today · Recommendation score 93.0%

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Book Biography of Steve Jobs (Revised Edition) Related book · relationship unverified Walter Isaacson WeRead · 147 readers today · Recommendation score 91.7%

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Book Steve Jobs Biography Related book · relationship unverified Walter Isaacson WeRead · 67 readers today · Recommendation score 89.9%

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Book The Three Musketeers of Apple: The Biography of Steve Jobs (Revised Edition) + The Biography of Jonathan + The Biography of Woz (set of 3 volumes in total) Related book · relationship unverified Steve Wozniak Gina Smith WeRead · 4 readers today · Recommendation score 83.7%

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Book Steve Jobs Management Diary Related book · relationship unverified gold staggered knife WeRead · 1 readers today

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Book The 8 most worth reading business biographies Related book · relationship unverified Phil Knight Peter Peterson et al. WeRead · 2 readers today

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Steve Jobs cover Steve Jobs Related book · relationship unverified Walter Isaacson · 2011 English · 4.2 rating / 172 ratings

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Steve Jobs: Stanford commencement address ↗ Stanford University · 2005 · English · Speech transcript Link checked 2026-10-19

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