Steve Jobs.

Businessman, engineer, founder and executive director of the world famous corporation Apple Inc. This man played a key role in the development of the computer industry. Today we will talk about him. About Steven Paul Jobs. About how this outstanding man was able to achieve fantastic heights in business, despite all the difficulties and trials fate had in store for him.

Steve Jobs, the path to success

Steve was born in San Francisco, the son of an American, Joan Carol Schible, and Abdulfattah John Jandali, a Syrian by birth. Steve was born on February 24, 1955. When the boy was only seven days old, his parents decided to abandon the child.

The boy was adopted by the Jobs family from Mountain View, California. His adoptive mother Clara, an accountant and his adoptive father Paul, a mechanic at a laser manufacturing company, were the ones who raised the boy and gave him the name that will go down in business history, Steven Paul Jobs.

As a child, Jobs was such a daredevil that he was close to becoming a juvenile delinquent. He was expelled from school after third grade. The turning point in Steve's life was his transfer to another school, thanks to a talented teacher who was able to get along with him. Under the influence of the teacher, the bully came to his senses and began to study.

The method of motivation, of course, was not new, but correct execution jobs Jobs received money from the teacher. The amounts are not large, but more than enough for a fourth grader. As a result, Steve's performance improved to such an extent that he, bypassing the fifth grade, moved to high school.

Steve Jobs' childhood and youth

At the age of twelve, being a rather brash teenager, Steve pulled another trick by calling the home of William Hewlett, who at the time served as president of the Hawlett-Packard Company. Jobs was assembling a frequency indicator electric current for his school physics class, and he was missing a few parts: “My name is Steve Jobs, and I would like to know if you have spare parts that I could use to build a frequency counter.”

They chatted for almost half an hour, Hewlett promising to send the parts Jobs needed. William Hewlett also offered Steve Jobs a summer internship in his company, in the very company under whose roof the entire Silicon Valley industry was born.

Steve Jobs was born in 1955. It happened on February 24 in the sun-kissed state of California. The biological parents of the future genius were still very young students, for whom the child was so burdensome that they decided to abandon him. As a result, the boy ended up in a family of office workers named Jobs.

From early childhood, Steve grew up in the field computer technology. The boy felt at home. A common sight in this developing area were garages filled to the brim with all sorts of appliances. This specific environment determined the fact that Steve Jobs, from a young age, had a genuine interest in progress in general and technological innovations in particular.

Soon the boy had a bosom friend - Steve Wozniak. Even the five-year age difference did not interfere with their communication.

Studies

After graduating from school, the young man decided to apply to Reed College (Portland, Oregon). Training in this educational institution cost a lot of money. However, upon adoption, the Jobs promised the boy's biological parents that he would receive a decent education. Steve only lasted one semester in college. Further study in a prestigious place with major classmates was not at all interesting to the computer genius.

Unexpected development of events

The young man begins to look for himself, his purpose in this world. The story of Steve Jobs is turning in a new direction. He gets infected free ideas a hippie and interested in the mystical teachings of the East. At nineteen, Steve goes to distant India in the company of Jobs, hoping to find himself on the other side of the planet.

Return to native shores

In his native California, the young man began working on computer boards. Steve Wozniak helped him with this. My friends really liked the idea of ​​creating a home computer. This was the impetus for the emergence of Apple Computer.

The future legendary company developed in Jobs' garage. It was this unprepossessing premises that became the springboard for the development of new motherboards. Ideas for promoting products in nearby specialized stores were also born there. At the same time, Wozniak was thinking about an improved version of the first version of the PC. In 1997, the innovative development created a real sensation. The Apple II computer was a unique gadget that had no equal at that time. This was followed by numerous contracts, mutually beneficial cooperation with different companies and, of course, the development of new computer products.

By the age of twenty-five, Steve Jobs already owned a fortune of two hundred million dollars. It was 1980...

Life's work is under threat

Danger loomed on the horizon already in 1981, when the industrial giant IBM took on the development of the computer market. If Steve Jobs had sat idly by, he would have lost his leadership position in just a few years. Naturally, the young man did not want to lose his business. He accepted the challenge. At that time, the Apple III was already on sale. The company enthusiastically began new project called Lisa, the idea of ​​which belonged to Jobs. For the first time, instead of the now familiar command line, users were faced with a graphical interface.

Macintosh time

Much to Steve's disappointment, his colleagues removed him from his work on the Lisa project. The reason for this was the raging emotions of the computer genius, because Lisa is not just the name of the project, but the name of her daughter ex-lover Jobs. In an effort to take revenge on his offenders, he decided to create a simple, inexpensive computer. The Macintosh project debuted in 1984. Unfortunately, a few months after its release, the Macintosh began to rapidly lose ground.

The company's management noted that Jobs' conflicting behavior jeopardizes the entire business. By decision of the board of directors, he was deprived of all leadership functions. Thus, the rebellious qualities of Steve Jobs played a cruel joke on him - he became just a formal co-founder of his brainchild.

New turn

In an effort to find a way to realize his ideas, Steve bought a promising project in the field of computer graphics. This was the beginning of Pixar. However, for the time being, this initiative was forgotten. The reason was NeXT. The author of this idea was, of course, Steve Jobs himself.

The Apple Empire is Reborn

By 1998, Jobs's first creation was suffocating in a sea of ​​competitors. Steve's return to the company allowed Apple to begin to restore its position in the computer market. For this, the genius of his craft needed only six months.

iPod enters the arena

Apple experienced great success after the appearance of the MP3 music player. Its release was timed to coincide with the year 2001. Users were simply crazy about the attractive, streamlined design, the thoughtful interface, fast synchronization with the iTunes application and the unique circular joystick.

Revolutionary step: the merger of Disney and Pixar

It is noteworthy that the iPod had a significant impact not only on the world of music, but also on the development of Pixar. By 2003, she already had several super-popular animated hits in her baggage - “Finding Nemo,” “Toy Story” (two parts) and “Monsters, Inc.” All of them were carried out in collaboration with Disney. In October 2005, the process of merging the two giants began. Cooperation brought them incredible income.

And again Apple

2006 was a very important year for the company. Sales were growing. It seemed that things couldn't get any better. However, the debut of iPone in 2007 cannot be compared with any previous event in the entire period of the company's existence. Steve Jobs' new creation was not just a bestseller, it represented a fundamental innovation in the world of communications. The iPhone conquered the mobile gadget market once and for all, leaving all Apple's competitors behind in one fell swoop. The sensational novelty was followed by a contract with AT&T for the provision of subscriber services.

The iPhone triumphantly entered the history of technological development of mankind. This gadget is equipped with the functions of a player, computer and mobile phone. Jobs' unique project is the first converged mobile product in the world.

The aforementioned 2007 became a landmark year for the company for another reason: according to Steve’s instructions, Apple was renamed Apple Inc. This meant the cessation of the existence of the local computer company and the formation of a new IT giant.

Sunset star named Steve Jobs

Young programmers knew the quotes by heart (the phrase “Think different” alone became millions), sales of products brought excellent income - it seemed that nothing could disrupt Jobs’ plans... The news of his serious illness amazed everyone. A malignant tumor in the pancreas was discovered back in 2003. Then it could still be removed without any special consequences, but Steve decided to seek healing in spiritual practices. He completely abandoned traditional medicine, went on a strict diet and constantly meditated. A year later, Jobs admitted that all these attempts to overcome the disease were futile. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor, but the moment was irretrievably lost. In 2007, only the lazy did not discuss the fact that Steve was slowly dying. The deterioration of the condition was eloquently confirmed by the significant weight loss discussed in many media.

In 2009, Jobs was forced to take leave to go back to the operating table. This time he needed a liver transplant.

In 2010, it seemed that Steve was able to fight the disease. He presented another super development - a tablet on the iOS platform, and in March 2011 - iPadII. However, the computer genius was rapidly losing his strength: he appeared less and less at corporate events. Steve resigned in August of that year. He recommended Tim Cook to take his place.

On October 5th, Steve Jobs died. This is an irreparable loss for the entire world community.

Stephen Paul Jobs is a man who is one of the generally recognized authorities in the global computer industry, who largely determined the direction of its development. Steve Jobs, as he is known throughout the world, became one of the founders of Apple, Next, Pixar corporations and created one of the most odious smartphones in history - the iPhone, which has remained among the leaders in popularity among mobile gadgets for 6 generations.

Founder of Apple

The future star of the computer world was born in the small town of Mountain View on February 24, 1955.

Fate sometimes throws out some very funny things. Coincidence or not, this city will become the heart of Silicon Valley in a few years. The newborn's biological parents, Syrian emigrant Steve Abdulfattah and American graduate student Joan Carol Schible, were not members of the family. official marriage and decided to give the boy up for adoption, setting only one condition for the future parents - to give the child a higher education. This is how Steve ended up in the family of Paul and Clara Jobs, nee Akopyan.

Steve's passion for electronics captured him as early as school years. It was then that he met Steve Wozniak, who was also a little “obsessed” with the world of technology.

This meeting became somewhat fateful, because it was after it that Steve began to think about own business in the field of computer technology. The friends implemented their first project when Jobs was only 13 years old. It was a $150 BlueBox device that allowed you to make long-distance calls absolutely free. Wozniak was responsible for the technical side, and Jobs was in charge of sales. finished products. This distribution of responsibilities will continue for many years, but without the risk of being reported to the police for illegal actions.

Jobs graduated from high school in 1972 and attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He got bored with his studies very quickly, and he dropped out of college immediately after the first semester, but he was in no hurry to leave the walls of the educational institution completely.

For another year and a half, Steve wandered around friends’ rooms, slept on the floor, handed over Coca-Cola bottles and once a week had free lunch at the Hare Krishna temple, which was located nearby.

Still, fate decided to turn its face to Jobs and pushed him to enroll in calligraphy courses, attending which made him think about equipping the Mac OS system with scalable fonts.

A little later, Steve got a job at Atari, where his responsibilities included developing computer games.

Four years would pass, and Wozniak would create his first computer, and Jobs, out of old habit, would handle its sales.

Apple Company

The creative union of talented computer scientists very soon grew into a business strategy. On April 1, 1976, the well-known April Fool's Day, they founded Apple, whose office was located in the garage of Jobs' parents. The history of choosing the company name is interesting. Many people think that there is some very deep meaning behind it. But, unfortunately, such people will be bitterly disappointed.

Jobs suggested the name Apple because it would appear right before Atari in the phone book.

Apple was officially incorporated in early 1977.

The technical side of the work still remained with Wozniak, Jobs was responsible for marketing. Although, in fairness, it must be said that it was Jobs who convinced his partner to finalize the microcomputer circuit, which later served as the beginning of the creation of a new personal computer market.

The first computer model received a completely logical name - Apple I, the sales volume of which in the first year was 200 units at 666 dollars 66 cents each (witty, isn't it?).

Quite a good result, but the Apple II, released in 1977, was a real breakthrough.

The stunning success of two Apple computer models attracted serious investors to the young company, which helped it take a leading position in the computer market, and made its founders real millionaires. Interesting fact: Microsoft was founded six months later, and it was they who were developing software for Apple. This was the first, but far from the last meeting between Jobs and Gates.

Macintosh

After a while Apple time and Xerox entered into a contract between themselves, which largely determined the future of the development of computer technology. Even then, Xerox's developments could be called revolutionary, but the company's management could not find practical application for them. The alliance with Apple helped solve this problem. Its result was the launch of the Macintosh project, within which a line of personal computers was developed. The entire technological process, from design to sale to the end consumer, was handled by Apple Inc. This project can easily be called the period of the birth of the modern computer interface with its windows and virtual buttons.

The first Macintosh computer, or simply Mac, was released on January 24, 1984. In fact, it was the first personal computer, the main working tool of which was the mouse, which made operating the machine extremely simple and convenient.

Previously, only “initiates” who knew an intricate “machine” language could cope with this task.

Macintosh simply did not have competitors who could even remotely come close in terms of their technological potential and sales volume. For Apple, the release of these computers was a tremendous success, as a result of which it completely stopped the development and production of the Apple II family.

Jobs' departure

In the early 80s, Apple turned into a huge corporation, releasing successful new products to the market over and over again. But it was at this time that Jobs began to lose his position in the company's management. Not everyone liked his authoritarian management style, or rather, no one liked him.

An open conflict with the board of directors led to Jobs being simply fired in 1985, when Jobs was only 30 years old.

Having lost his high position, Jobs did not give up, but, on the contrary, threw himself headlong into developing new projects. The first of these was the NeXT company, which was engaged in the production of complex computers for higher education and business structures. The low capacity of this market segment did not allow significant sales to be achieved. So this project cannot be called super successful.

With the graphics studio The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar), which Jobs bought from LucasFilm for just $5 million (when its real value was estimated at $10 million), everything was completely different.

During the period of Jobs' management, the company released several full-length animated films, which were extremely successful at the box office. Among them are “Monsters, Inc.” and “Toy Story.” In 2006, Jobs sold Pixar to Walt Disney for $7.5 million and a 7% stake in the Walt Disney company, while the Disney heirs themselves own only 1%.

Return to Apple

In 1997, 12 years after his ouster, Steve Jobs returned to Apple as interim CEO. Three years later he became a full-fledged manager. Jobs managed to take the company to new level development, closing several unprofitable areas and completing the development of the new iMac computer with great success.

In the coming years, Apple will become a real trendsetter in the high-tech goods market.

Her developments invariably became bestsellers: the iPhone, iPod, iPad tablet. As a result, the company took third place in terms of capitalization in the world, surpassing even Microsoft.

Steve Jobs: speech to Stanford graduates

Disease

In October 2003, during a medical examination, doctors gave Jobs a disappointing diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

The disease, which is fatal in the vast majority of cases, developed in a very rare form for the head of Apple, which can be treated through surgery. But Jobs had his own personal beliefs against interfering with the human body, so he initially refused the operation.

The treatment lasted 9 months, during which none of the Apple investors even suspected that the company’s founder was terminally ill. But it did not give any positive results. Therefore, Jobs finally decided to undergo surgery, having first publicly announced his state of health. The operation took place on July 31, 2004 in medical center at the Stanford Institute, and it was very successful.

But this was not the end of Steve Jobs' health problems. In December 2008, he was diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance. He underwent a liver transplant in the summer of 2009, according to officials at the University of Tennessee Methodist Hospital.

Steve Jobs: quotes

Today you can hardly find a person who has never heard of the legendary company Apple, which gave the world one of the most important inventions last century - personal computer. The scale and innovation of Apple is simply amazing in its scope, so many of us are accustomed to thinking that such giant corporations are born only thanks to solid investments.

It's hard to imagine, but it is behind Apple, the monster high technology, the most ordinary guy is standing - Steve Jobs, who really wanted to create something that would be useful for all humanity...

Steve Jobs - biography

The future founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, was born in 1955 in Mountain View, California. His biological mother, an unmarried graduate student, abandoned the child immediately after giving birth. A few days later, Steve was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, in whose family he spent his childhood and youth.

From the early age Steve Jobs gravitated towards electronics, and at the age of 12 he even tried to assemble an electric current frequency indicator for his physics class. Not finding the necessary parts, the boy called the large company Hewlett Packard with a request to solve this problem. As a result, I not only received everything I needed, but was also invited to work there in the summer.

While in high school, Steve met Steve Wozniak, who also had a passion for new inventions. At that time, Wozniak was already thinking about creating a home computer. But this idea was destined to come true only four years later.

In 1972, Steve Jobs went to college and Wozniak began working at Hewlett Packard. After just a semester, Jobs dropped out of school and went to work as a video game designer for Atari, but then left there too, joining the hippie movement, thanks to which he spent some time in India.

Steve Jobs returned from India a completely different person. His main desire was to create a personal computer. Together with Steve Wozniak, he made his dream come true, and already in early 1975, Wozniak demonstrated the finished PC model to the management of Hewlett Packard and Atari. However, all his presentations ended in failure. It was then that Steve Jobs decided to act on his own.

Apple was founded on April 1, 1976. Its staff consisted of only three people - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Rob Wayne ( former employee Atari). Location: Jobs family garage.

20-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak began developing new model PC - Apple I. After some time, Steve managed to find a store that began selling this brand. The store owner was so interested in the PC concept that he placed an order for 50 machines at once. This lot sold for $666.66 each. In total, the friends produced about 600 Apple I computers.

On the 12th day of Apple's existence, Rob Wayne left the company, selling his share to the guys for $800.

Then the Steves found a good investor and launched a new line of Apple I I with a color display, mouse and keyboard (similar analogues did not yet exist). This brand was wildly popular, so much so that by 1980 the guys became real multimillionaires.

In March 1981, Steve Wozniak was involved in a plane crash. Miraculously surviving, he left the company, becoming a simple computer science teacher. But Jobs was not at a loss and found new people, attracted more investors and created the famous Macintosh brand.

However, in 1985, due to the complete failure of the Apple III brand, Steve Jobs was fired. After leaving, he founded his own company, NeXT. But things didn't get any better at the old company.

In September 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple again and actually raised the entire empire from its knees to its feet. Today this company is one of the largest and still never tires of surprising the public: iPhone phone, iPad tablet computer, iPod player, MacBook Air laptop, laptop based on Intel processors, and this is far from the limit.

So what is the secret of Steve Jobs' success? Here's his answer:

The only way to be truly satisfied with life is to do what you consider great. And the only way to do great things is to love what you do!

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His parents were unmarried students: Syrian native Abdulfatta (John) Jandali and Joan Schible from a Catholic family of German emigrants.

The boy was adopted by Paul Jobs and an Armenian-American woman, Clara Jobs, née Agopyan. The Jobs could not have their own children. They named their adopted son Stephen Paul. Jobs always considered Paul and Clara father and mother, he was very irritated if someone called them adoptive parents: “They are my real parents 100%.”

In the late 1970s, Jobs' friend Steve Wozniak developed one of the first personal computers, which had great commercial potential. The Apple II computer became the first mass product of Apple, created on the initiative of Steve Jobs. Jobs later saw the commercial potential of a mouse-driven graphical interface, leading to the Apple Lisa and, a year later, the Macintosh (Mac) computer.

After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a company that developed a computer platform for universities and businesses. In 1986, he acquired Lucasfilm's computer graphics division, turning it into Pixar Studios. He remained Pixar's CEO and major shareholder until the studio was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2006, making Jobs the largest individual shareholder and member of Disney's board of directors.

Difficulties in developing new operating system for Mac led to the purchase of NeXT by Apple in 1996, to use the NeXTSTEP OS as the basis for Mac OS X. As part of the deal, Jobs was given the position of advisor to Apple. The deal was planned by Jobs. By 1997, Jobs regained control of Apple, leading the corporation. Under his leadership, the company was saved from bankruptcy and began to make a profit within a year.

Over the next decade, Jobs led the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, as well as the development of the Apple Store, iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore. The success of these products and services, providing several years of stable financial profit, allowed Apple to become the most valuable public company in the world in 2011. Many commentators call Apple's resurgence one of the greatest accomplishments in business history. At the same time, Jobs was criticized for his authoritarian management style, aggressive actions towards competitors, and the desire for total control over products even after they were sold to the buyer.

Jobs has received public recognition and a number of awards for his impact on the technology and music industries. He is often called a "visionary" and even the "father of the digital revolution." Jobs was a brilliant speaker and took innovative product presentations to the next level, turning them into exciting shows. His easily recognizable figure in a black turtleneck, faded jeans and sneakers is surrounded by a kind of cult.

After eight years of battling the disease, Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.

Steve Jobs: "1.5 million Armenians were subjected to genocide. Tell us how it happened?"

The book Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson states that Steve's adoptive mother, Clara Jobs (nee Agopian), is a descendant of Armenians who escaped genocide in the early twentieth century. Her father Louis Hakobyan was born in Malatya in 1894, and her mother Victoria Artinyan was born in Izmir in 1894.

The story of Steve Jobs' visit to Turkey, which took place in 2006, is interesting. Jobs's Turkish guide, Asil Tunçer, spoke about this difficult visit. According to him, the last visit of the late Steve Jobs to Turkey caused great outrage in the country. Tuncher claims Jobs viewed the Turks as enemies and even refused to shake the tour guide's hand before leaving the ship.

“We have begun our journey. Jobs most wanted to see Hagia Sophia. Approaching her, he asked a question about minarets. In turn, I replied that after the capture, the former church was turned into a mosque, and a minaret was added in the southeastern part. After that, a flurry of questions rained down on me,” writes Tuncher.

“What happened to so many Christians? You, millions of Muslims in a non-Muslim environment, what have you done?” - Jobs lamented. Before the guide even opened his mouth, he heard another question: “1.5 million Armenians were subjected to genocide. Tell us how this happened?

After these questions, the Turkish guide began to prove to Jobs that there was no trace of genocide. The guide's denials, his stories about civil war and the betrayal of the Armenians during World War I angered Steve Jobs even more.

After everything, Steve and his wife Marina met with the owner of the travel agency and expressed their dissatisfaction with the cruise. They expressed a desire to leave the ship earlier than planned. As a result, without saying a word to the Turkish guide, and leaving his hand hanging in the air, Jobs left the ship. The guide also did not receive the promised iPhone.

Achievements

• National Medal of Technology (1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded Jobs and Steve Wozniak, among the first to receive the award)
• Jefferson Award (1987, for public service in the category "best public service by a person 35 years of age or younger")
• In 1988, the magazine “Inventor and Innovator” recognized Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as laureates of the “Technology Chariot of Progress” competition.
• In December 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver inducted Jobs into the California Hall of Fame.
• In 1989, Inc. magazine Named Jobs Entrepreneur of the Decade
• In November 2007, Fortune magazine named Jobs the most powerful person in business.
• In August 2009, Jobs was named the most admired entrepreneur among teens in a Junior Achievement poll.
• In November 2009, Fortune named Jobs "CEO of the Decade"
• In March 2012, Fortune called Steve Jobs "the greatest entrepreneur of our time"
• In November 2010, Jobs was ranked 17th on Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful people.
• In December 2010, the Financial Times named Jobs Person of the Year.
• In December 2011, Graphisoft unveiled the world's first bronze statue of Steve Jobs in Budapest, calling him one of the greatest figures of our time.
• In February 2012, Jobs was posthumously awarded the Grammy Trustees Award (recognizing those who have influenced the music industry in areas other than performance).

Memory

Books

• "Little Kingdom" (1984) by Michael Moritz about the founding of Apple Computer
• The Second Coming of Steve Jobs (2001) by Alan Deutchman
• “Icona. Steve Jobs" (2005) by Jeffrey Young and William Simon
• iWoz (2006) by Steve Wozniak, co founder of Apple. This is Wozniak's autobiography, but it covers most of Jobs' life and work at Apple
• “iPresentation. Lessons in Persuasion from Apple Leader Steve Jobs" (2010) Carmina Gallo
• "Steve Jobs" (2011), authorized biography written by Walter Isaacson
• "Steve Jobs. Leadership Lessons" (2011), Jay Elliott, William Simon. Book about unique style Steve Jobs management
• "Jobs Rules" (2011) Carmina Gallo
• "Inside Apple" (2012) by Adam Lashinsky. Reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that made Steve Jobs and his company work
• "Steve Jobs. The Man Who Thought Different" (2012) Karen Blumenthal. Detailed biography of Steve Jobs

Documentaries

• "The Machine That Changed the World" (1992) - The third episode of this five-part series, "Paperback Computer," focuses on Jobs and his role in the early days of Apple.
• Triumph of the Nerds (1996) - three-part PBS documentary about the rise of the personal computer
• "Nerds 2.0.1" (1998) - a three-part documentary for PBS (sequel to "The Triumph of the Nerds") about the development of the Internet
• iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (2011) - documentary on Discovery with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman
• "Steve Jobs: And One More Thing" (2011) - PBS documentary produced by Pioneer Productions
• “Unknown Jobs” (2012) - a documentary film by AppleInsider.ru about the founder of Apple, highlighting unknown aspects of the life of Steve Jobs

Art films

• Steve Jobs is a planned Sony Pictures adaptation of Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.
• Jobs is a planned independent film by Joshua Michael Stern. Jobs will be portrayed by Ashton Kutcher
• Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) - TNT film that chronicles the growth of Apple and Microsoft from the early 1970s to 1997. Jobs was played by Noah Wylie

Theater

• “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” (2012) - production at the New York Public Theater with Mike Daisey

Miscellaneous

• The Disney film John Carter and the Pixar cartoon Brave were dedicated to Jobs.
• On the first anniversary of Jobs’ death, the sculpture “Thank you, Steve!” was unveiled in Odessa. The 330-kilogram composition represents an almost two-meter-tall palm (of Steve Jobs), made from scrap metal

Bibliography

Books about Steve Jobs in Russian

• Steve Jobs Steve Jobs on business: 250 sayings from the man who changed the world = The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs. - M.: “Alpina Publisher”, 2012. - 256 p. - ISBN 978-5-9614-1808-8
• Isaacson W. Steve Jobs = Steve Jobs: A Biography. - M.: Astrel, 2012. - 688 p. - ISBN 978-5-271-39378-5
• Young J. S., Simon V. L. iKona. Steve Jobs = iCon. Steve Jobs. - M.: Eksmo, 2007. - 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-21035-0
• Kenya L. What is Steve thinking? - M.: AST, 2012. - 284 p. - ISBN 978-5-017-06251-3
• Gallo K. Jobs' Rules. Universal principles of success from the founder of Apple. - M.: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, 2011. - 240 p. - ISBN 978-5-91657-301-5
• Wozniak C., Smith D. Steve Jobs and Y. True story Apple = iWoz. - M.: Eksmo, 2011. - 288 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-53452-4
• Bim J. Steve Jobs: from the first person. - M.: Olimp-Business, 2012. - 176 p. - ISBN 978-5-9693-0208-2
• Eliot D., Simon W. Steve Jobs: leadership lessons. - M.: Eksmo, 2012. - 336 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-50848-8