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|description=Steve Jobs was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor who co-founded Apple Inc.<br />
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{{Biography<br />
| title = Steve Jobs<br />
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| image_caption = Steve Jobs in 2010<br />
| birth_date = 24 February 1955<br />
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.<br />
| death_date = 5 October 2011 (aged 56)<br />
| death_place = Palo Alto, California, U.S.<br />
| nationality = American<br />
| profession = Entrepreneur, Designer, Investor<br />
| employer = Apple Inc., NeXT, Pixar<br />
| knownfor = iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Pixar Animation Studios<br />
| education = Reed College (attended)<br />
| awards = Presidential Medal of Freedom (Posthumous, 2022)<br />
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'''Steven Paul Jobs''' (24 February 1955 – 5 October 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar; and founder of NeXT.<br />
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== Early Life ==<br />
Jobs was born in San Francisco and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He attended Reed College in 1972 before dropping out to pursue independent technological projects and travel to India.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Apple Computer ===<br />
In 1976, Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Together they gained fame and wealth a year later for the Apple II.<br />
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=== NeXT and Pixar ===<br />
After leaving Apple in 1985, Jobs founded NeXT and acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which became Pixar Animation Studios.<br />
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=== Return to Apple ===<br />
Apple acquired NeXT in 1997, bringing Jobs back as CEO. He led Apple to develop revolutionary consumer electronics including the iMac, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone, and iPad.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution and one of the most influential innovators in modern industry.<br />
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