Steve Jobs, born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California, and deceased October 5, 2011. Regarded as an influential, innovative world leader, and visionary of our time, and the Wall Street Journal named him “Person of the Decade,” and in 2007, Fortune Magazine listed Jobs as the most powerful businessperson out of the top twenty-five. President Barack Obama (2011) stated at the time Steve Jobs passed, “The World has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device that he invented.” Steve Jobs was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apple, Inc., and founder and CEO when the Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar. Steve Jobs remained on the Board of Directors at Pixar, and was one of Pixar’s largest shareholders. Jobs did not think the way the rest of us think, which is why Apple is the way it is today.
Why Steve Jobs as a creative thinker
Steve Jobs knew what he wanted, with a creative, brilliant mind for advertising. Steve Jobs' contributed significantly to entrepreneurs, and emphasized the value of design, and at the same time, Jobs understood the essential part aesthetics would play in appealing to the public. During the 1970’s, Steve Jobs helped in establish and popularize the personal computer, and in the 1980’s he saw the computers potential in the commercial market place, earning Jobs a devoted following as his forward thinking and product design is not only functional in both the personal and commercial arenas. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple they were close to bankruptcy, but his involvement in editing the “Think Different” ad was the refocus Apple needed. (Dan, 2011).
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...e CEO of Apple Incorporations. “Jobs' constant innovations led Business 2.0 to name him the fifth most important leader in business in 2006. It called him "easily the greatest marketer since P.T. Barnum" and a muse for innovators” (“Steve Paul Jobs”). A man this powerful and intelligent will never be forgotten. That extraordinary phone called the iPhone that almost everyone in the world has is only here because of Steve Jobs. Thanks to him there are barely any more of those somewhat embarrassing flip phones.
As noted above, Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple. Shockingly, he was fired from his own company. His idea of introducing the second-generation Mac, the Macintosh Office didn’t get much appreciation. That product was launched in 1985, and
All leaders start somewhere in life, whether if it’s in a garage or in the basement working with dad. There is the, one-and-only leader who took innovation through his own ideas. This leader took steps beyond his wildest dreams. This immense leader was demoted from his own company. Many say his ego got in the way of true life and visions, but this leader is the seed to the blueprints of ideas that he had created visions of a leading company. This leader created a legacy; he is the action of a revolutionary breakthrough.
Steve loved the work done by George Lucas, so he purchased Lucas film’s Computer Graphic Division in 1986 for $5 million. Later on, this graphics company was renamed to something that you might have heard of, Pixar. At this point in his life, Jobs was the CEO of two major companies, Apple and Pixar. Jobs had so much faith in the company that thought that one day its work would match that of Disney’s. Little did he know at the time that he would be the one selling Pixar to Disney in 2006 for 7.4 billion dollars? It is safe to say that without Steve Jobs, the United States would most likely not have any of the animated movies that we know and love
In chapter eleven case study, we were asked, What special qualities of Steve Jobs seem to have contributed to his leadership success as Apple’s CEO? We think Steve Jobs was a successful leader because he was imaginative; passionate about his job, he had the ability to push employees to create new things, had confidence, and believed
Steve Jobs and the entire Apple Corporation represent the epitome of simplicity. Jobs was a transcendentalist from the start, after dropping out of college and touring the world under the influence of multiple psychedelics, Jobs founded the Apple company, a company built for the future and built around simplicity. Each apple product is sleek, simple and sets the standard for other tech companies. A pillar of transcendent life is simplicity, without the unnecessary frills and excess. Apple and Steve’s former designs represent this without fault by utilizing simple colors, appealing lines and structure and polished
Steve Jobs was the utmost CEO of all time. In the speech it states, “……… he’s been called a visionary, a creative genius, a rebel, a non-conformist, an original, the greatest CEO ever, the best innovator of all time.” In the article it states, “He was intensely focused when committed, confident enough to take risky leaps, and charismatic enough to enlist legions of employees and customers in the restless pursuit of his aspirations.” Both texts describe the traits of Steve Jobs which made him the greatest CEO of our age. Steve Jobs was an original genius he had a significant and unique imagination. It’s one thing to envision your own company broadening, but it’s another thing to envision that your company’s services and products will change people lives for the better, the way we communicate and work. Jobs built his company thinking that Apple’s products and services would change the
Apple is “the world’s most colorful company,” Linzmayer, Owen . Apple Confidential 2.0. 1st. San Francisco, CA: No Starch Press, 2004. When looking at its meager beginnings Apple’s influence on the media could only be described as unique. Their product, style, and overall beliefs make the Apple Corporation a multi-billion dollar company with a general appeal for all ages. It is getting harder and harder to be an individual, so with Apple you can “rise above the norm” and be unique. Recently, this unique corporation has taken the media by storm, with their new line of products. Right along side these new products are a full line of new commercials to go along with them. These new commercials spawned from years of creative marketing done on Apple’s part. Studying the history of Apple is necessary to understanding their influence upon us today.
Steve Jobs (CEO and chairman of Apple Inc.) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was born in February 24, 1955 and founded Apple Inc. with his high school buddy Steve Wozniak in 1976. But later in 1976, when Apple was about to bankrupt he returned to it as advisor and Interim CEO. He made Apple profitable from near bankruptcy by 1998 (Walter Isaacson, 2013). From (1996-2011), he proved himself as one of the best engineering leaders of the world and made Apple the most innovative company of the world.
Steve jobs changed the world by creating Apple, inc, that made products that were revolutnary for there time period. He won several awards for his inventions, he died of pancreatic cancer. Steve jobs was the co-founder of apple with Stephen Wozniak. Steve jobs got fired from apple in 1984. He then started a new business called NeXT computer that made special computers for education and businesses. NeXT computers failed so he bought Pixar in 1986. Steve jobs created the ipad that came out in 2010 it is a cross between a iMac and a Iphone.
With his unique love for technology, Steve Jobs changed the world with his revolutionary innovations, developments, and extremely successful companies. He made communication faster, people’s lives easier, and invented many famous products. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California (Ed. Sheila Dow and Jaime E. Noce). Throughout his high school career, Jobs loved electronics. He was constantly wiring the house with speakers or building frequency counters with his Hewlett-Packard Explorers Club, a group of students who met weekly to learn about what HP was working on. One day the club members took a trip to see firsthand at what HP was developing at the time. That was the day Jobs saw his very first desktop computer (Walter Isaacson 16-17).
The purpose of writing this essay is to give an idea how these two respected CEOs of multinational companies has changed the world. Technology is booming nowadays, even the minor things that we can do manually are done using technology. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple computer and Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has changed the world. These two leaders are best known for their innovations which has taken our world to the next level. Steve and Bill has got something in common. Surprisingly, both of these CEO had never graduated from college, but they are known to be the world most successful leaders and they both work in the same kind of company (Lashinsky, 2013). Nevertheless, their leadership styles differs (Peralta,2011). The way they treat the employees at the workplace is in contrast.
Steve Jobs imagined life as a big puzzle that had to be put together without looking at a picture. Being a kid who was adopted right after being born is not something many kids have to deal with, but like Jobs, many that are put in that situation become successful people. Not knowing what the future holds is okay because no one picks their first choice even after doing it many times. By introducing computers, smartphones and music-downloading programs, it allowed many people to connect in a whole new way. Steve Jobs was an influential American because he helped develop the technology industry and created things no one would have ever thought of.
Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Pixar and NeXT Inc. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, CA February 24, 1955 and died in Palo Alto, CA October 5, 2011. His spouse was Laurene Powell from 1991-2011 when he died from a respiratory arrest related to the pancreas neuroendocrine tumor and Metastatic Insulinoma. Steve Jobs had 4 children Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs and Eve Jobs.
Pirates of Silicon Valley, directed by Martyn Burke in 1999, depicts the story of two brilliant young entrepreneurs and their quest to revolutionize the way humans interact with society and technology. The two stars, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, both came from similar backgrounds that introduced each one to electronics. More importantly, as evidenced by Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers, both of these brilliant college kids where in the right place at the right time. Both Jobs and Gates were blessed with meeting intelligent people who would help guide them along their journey to create the best personal computer possible. Throughout this paper, I will analyze each of the tech-savvy people separately, as I do not think it fair to couple them together when considering the following factors: internal or external innovation, preparation for the industry, and lastly, marketing and technology considerations.