Isiqalo sokuphila
Wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 24, 1955, e-San Francisco, eCalifornia, futhi wamukelwa yimisebenzi kaPaul and Clara.
Wakhula nodade owodwa, uPatty. UPaul Imisebenzi wayeyizimoto ezinamazinyo nezinsimbi ezinjengokuzilibazisa.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme ngo-1972, Imisebenzi eya e-Reed College ePortland, e-Oregon, iminyaka emibili. Waphuma waya eNdiya futhi efunda izinkolo zaseMpumalanga ehlobo lika-1974.
Ngo-1975 Imisebenzi yajoyina iqembu elibizwa ngokuthi i-Homebrew Computer Club. Ilungu elilodwa, i-technical whiz okuthiwa uSteve Wozniak, lalizama ukwakha ikhompyutha encane. Imisebenzi yathakazelisa amandla okuthengisa ekhompyutheni enjalo. Ngo-1976 yena noWozniak bamisa inkampani yabo. Bayibiza nge-Apple Computer Company.
Apple Foundation
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, Imisebenzi noWozniak bahlela kabusha ikhompyutha yabo, ngomqondo wokuthengisa kubasebenzisi ngabanye. I-Apple II iya emakethe ngo-1977, ngokuthengisa okumangalisayo kokuqala kweminyaka eyi-$ 2.7 million. Ukuthengisa kwenkampani kwakhula kwaba yizigidi ezingu-200 zamaRandi phakathi neminyaka emithathu. Imisebenzi kanye noWozniak bevule amakhompiyutha amasha emakethe.
Ngo-1984 i-Apple yasungula imodeli entsha yokuvuselela, i-Macintosh. Ukubukwa kwesikrini kunemifanekiso encane ebizwa ngokuthi imifanekiso. Ukusebenzisa ikhompiyutha, umsebenzisi ukhombise isithonjana bese uchofoze inkinobho usebenzisa idivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi igundane. Le nqubo yenza ukuthi i-Macintosh ilula kakhulu ukuyisebenzisa. I-Macintosh ayithengisanga kahle emabhizinisini ngoba yayingekho izici amanye ama-computer ayenayo.
Ukuhluleka kwe-Macintosh kubonisa ukuqala kokuqala kweMisebenzi ku-Apple. Washiya ngo-1985, nakuba ugcine isikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo webhodi labaqondisi.
Imisebenzi ngokushesha yaqasha abanye abasebenzi bayo ukuba baqale inkampani entsha yekhompyutha ebizwa ngokuthi i-NeXT. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1988 ikhompyutha ye-NEXT yasungulwa kumcimbi omkhulu we-gala eSan Francisco, okuhloswe emakethe yemfundo. Umkhiqizo wawunobungane kakhulu futhi ube nesivinini sokucubungula okusheshayo, ukubonisa ihluzo ezinhle kakhulu, nesistimu yomsindo ovelele. Naphezu kokumukelwa okufudumele, noma kunjalo, umshini we-NEXT awuzange uthinteke. Kwakuyindleko kakhulu, yayinekrini elimnyama nomhlophe, futhi ayikwazanga ukuxhunyaniswa namanye amakhompyutha noma isebenza isofthiwe evamile.
Ngo-1986 Imisebenzi yathengisa inkampani encane ebizwa ngokuthi uPixar kusuka ku-moviemaker George Lucas. I-Pixar ekhethekile kwimifanekiso yekhompyutha. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye uPixar wadedelwa i-Toy Story, ihhovisi elikhulu lebhokisi elibhekene nalo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uPixar wenza ukwenza i-Toy Story 2 ne-Life's Bug, okuyinto i-Disney yasakaza, ne-Monsters, Inc., phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Ngo-December ka-1996, i-Apple ithenge i-NeXT Software nge $ 400 million. Imisebenzi ibuyele ku-Apple njengomxhumanisi wengxenye yesikhulu (CEO).
Emuva ku-Apple
Eminyakeni eyisithupha eyalandela, i-Apple yazisa imikhiqizo emisha namasu wokuthengisa.
NgoNovemba 1997 Imisebenzi yamemezela i-Apple izothengisa amakhompyutha ngqo kubasebenzisi nge-Inthanethi nangocingo. I-Apple Store yaba yimpumelelo yokubalekela. Kungakapheli isonto kwakuyi-website enkulu yesithathu ye-e-commerce kwi-intanethi. Ngo-Septhemba ka-1997 Imisebenzi ibizwa ngokuthi i-CEO yesikhashana ye-Apple.
Ngo-1998 Imisebenzi yamemezela ukukhululwa kwe-iMac, eyayine-computing enamandla ngentengo engabizi. I-iBook yavulwa ngoJulayi 1999. Ihlanganisa i-Apple AirPort, inguqulo yekhompiyutha yocingo elingenasici elingavumela umsebenzisi ukuba agxume kwi-inthanethi ngokungenantambo. Ngo-January 2000 Imisebenzi ivule isu le-intanethi entsha ye-intanethi. Ihlanganisa iqembu lama-Macintosh-kuphela-based-based applications. Imisebenzi iphinde yamemezela ukuthi ube ngu-CEO ongunaphakade we-Apple.
I-Apple ibuye iholele ukuguqulwa komculo we-digital, njengoba ithengise ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-110 ze-iPod kanye nezingoma ezingaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu ezivela esitolo sayo se-iTunes esiphezulu.
Apple ingene emakethe yefoni ephathekayo ngo-2007 ne-iPhone yayo yokuguqula.
Iminyaka Yokugcina Ye-Steve Jobs
Ngo-2003, Imisebenzi yatholakala ukuthi ine-cancer ye-pancreatic. Ekuqaleni, wephuza ukuhlinzwa, kodwa ekugcineni waba nokuhlinzwa ukuze asuse lesi sifo ngo-2004. Ukuhlinzwa kwakubhekwa ngempumelelo, futhi eminyakeni elandelayo Imisebenzi idalulwa enye ngokuphathelene nempilo yakhe.
Impilo 'Imisebenzi yaqala ukwehla ngo-2009 ngokuphawulekayo. NgoJanuwari walowo nyaka, wamemezela ikhefu lezinyanga eziyisithupha zokungabikho, kwathi ngo-Ephreli waba nesibindi sokufakelwa kwesibindi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho ukubizwa kwakhe kubizwa ngokuthi "kuhle kakhulu."
Kodwa-ke, unyaka nonyaka ngemva kokufakelwa, Imisebenzi yathatha elinye ikhefu lezokwelapha. Wamemezela ukuyeka isikhundla sakhe njenge-CEO ngo-Agasti 24, 2011, kodwa waqhubeka esebenza njengosihlalo webhodi kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 4, 2011, ngosuku olwedlule ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe.
Ngo-Okthoba 5, Imisebenzi yafa ngezinkinga ezihlobene nomdlavuza wakhe we-pancreatic. Wayeneminyaka engu-56 ubudala.
Imisebenzi 'yefa
Ukulandela ukufa kwemisebenzi, kwakukhona ukuthululwa kokusekelwa komphakathi we-tech. Wayekho, ngemuva kwalokho, indaba yefilimu, i-biography egunyaziwe, nezinye izincwadi eziningi.
Nakuba engekho emisebenzini yokumboza Imisebenzi 'yokuphila ibonisa ukuthi uyindoda ephelele, into eyodwa bayavumelana: uSteve Jobs wayengumuntu ohlakaniphile, futhi wafa ngokushesha.