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Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco), is the co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer and a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs’s history in business, rich in character and intrigue, has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Throughout his career, he has emphasized the importance of design, understanding aesthetics to comprise more than outward appearances alone; his devotion to a refined yet vernacular taste has earned him an equally devoted following.
Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped popularize the concept of the personal computer in the late ’70s; in the early ’80s, still at Apple, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven GUI. After being pushed aside in 1985, Jobs founded NeXT, a platform development company whose 1997 buyout by Apple served as his triumphal return. He was also the chairman and CEO of Pixar until its purchase by Disney, where he now sits on the board of directors.[2]
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