“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”

1262 Words3 Pages

Steve Jobs’ net worth is $10.2 billion dollars after becoming a successful man and creating lots of innovative technology (“Steve Jobs…”). In his earlier life, he would sell Coke bottles to get 5 cents in order to pay for his food every week and he usually made enough money to eat out one night a week (Jobs). He began working at Apple where he introduced to people the first computer, smartphone, and music-downloading program. Jobs eventually became the co-owner of Pixar Studios where Toy Story was the first film produced in 1995 (The Personal). Steve Jobs had a very weak background where he later improved the technology industry incredibly.
Being a strong-minded person allowed Steve Jobs to be very successful in life doing things he enjoyed by helping others. Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. Jobs was adopted and raised by his adoptive parents in Cupertino, California (Levy). However, Jobs’ biological mom never graduated from college and his father never graduated from high school. Jobs’ adoptive parents were called in the middle of the night after the first set of parents denied him and were asked if they would like to take a baby boy (Jobs). Growing up in California, where there is lots of innovative technology, helped influence Steve Jobs to figure out what he wanted to do.
Schooling never seemed to be a problem for Jobs even though his parents did not graduate from high school or college. Jobs graduated from Homestead High School in 1971 and later graduated from Reed College, located in Portland, Oregon (Steve Jobs). While Jobs attended Reed College, he felt like it was a total waste because he had no idea what he wanted to do when he finished school (Jobs). Eventually, Jobs dropped out ...

... middle of paper ...

...rs of the technology industry (Levy). However, if Steve Jobs had never dropped his classes at Reed College and taken a random calligraphy class, society probably would not have all of the ‘smart’ technology that we do today.
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.

Open Document