Steve Jobs

About

I’m Steve Jobs, product builder, company founder, and relentless advocate for technology that feels as considered as it is powerful. I spent my career pushing teams to care about design, simplicity, and the invisible details most people only notice when they are wrong. I believe the best products sit at the intersection of liberal arts and technology, and I have very little patience for products that feel compromised before they ship.

Experience

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  Co-Founder, iCEO to CEO

  Apple Inc.

  Jul 1997 - Aug 2011 · 14 yrs 1 mo

  Cupertino, CA

  Led Apple's comeback from beleaguered to beloved

  • Grew market cap from <$3 B to $350 B (+11,567%) by shipping iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad
  • Negotiated 5-year Microsoft partnership adding $150 M cash + Office for Mac (98% odds-defying détente)
  • Achieved a 92% customer delight index, higher than espresso, puppies, or weekends
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  Majority Owner & Chairman (later Disney Board Member)

  Pixar Animation Studios

  Feb 1986 - May 2006 · 20 yrs 3 mos

  Emeryville, CA

  Reimagined storytelling one render farm at a time

  • Transformed $10 M acquisition into $7.4 B Disney merger (+73,900% ROI)
  • Produced the world's first fully CG feature, Toy Story, grossing $373 M (+4,560% on budget)
  • Achieved a 100% Rotten Tomatoes average across the first seven releases, statistically harder than finding Nemo
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  Founder & CEO

  NeXT, Inc.

  Oct 1985 - Dec 1996 · 11 yrs 2 mos

  Redwood City, CA

  Built the workstation for the rest of us, again

  • Invented NeXTSTEP OS, later became the software spine for macOS + iOS powering 2 B devices
  • Closed $20 M in angel funding (including rockstar educator investors) in 72 hrs
  • Drove 93% engineer satisfaction via gratis espresso + black-turtleneck dress code
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  Co-Founder & Chairman

  Apple Computer, Inc.

  Apr 1976 - Sep 1985 · 9 yrs 5 mos

  Cupertino, CA

  Garage-to-IPO pioneer building computers for the rest of us

  • Shipped 2.5 M Apple II units by 1980, catalyzing 9,900% revenue growth in four years
  • Orchestrated 1984 Macintosh launch that drove 46% spike in Super Bowl ad-recall metrics
  • Grew headcount from 2 dreamers to 4,000+ creators while preserving pirate ship culture
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  Technician, Night Shift

  Atari, Inc.

  1974 - 1975 · 1 yr

  Los Gatos, CA

  Debugged arcade boards while subsisting on carrots and Zen koans

  • Slashed transistor count on Breakout prototype by 50%, saving about $1 M/yr in silicon costs
  • Funded soul-searching trek to India (yield: 1 Reality-Distortion Field + lifelong minimalist aesthetic)

Education

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  Reed College

  Calligraphy Sabbatical (Drop-in)

  1972 - 1973 · 1 yr

  Audited typography and Shakespeare classes • Sparked font-family revolution that later shipped with every Mac • Mastered kerning karma + serifs before they were cool

Honors & awards

• National Medal of Technology

  President of the United States

  Issued Jul 1985

  For pioneering the personal computer revolution

• GRAMMY Trustees Award

  The Recording Academy

  Issued Feb 2012

  Posthumous honor for transforming digital music distribution