Goodbye, Steve Jobs

Apple as giant IT corporation announced the death of its founder, Steve Jobs, just a day after launching the iPhone 4S. Jobs finally had been lost after struggling for 8 years against pancreatic cancer. "In sorrow, we announce Steve Jobs, has passed away today," according to a statement from the director of Apple Inc. Since 2004, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The doctor said Jobs will stand for a maximum of 5 months. This news had been relayed in a graduation speech at Stanford University, 2005. But some experts were surprised when Jobs could survive from cancer for so long.

Condolence greeting flows from the president Barrack Obama, he said that Steve Jpbs America is a big innovator. "Rest in peace Steve Jobs," said Obama. While the founder of the most popular social media in the world (facebook), Mark Zuckerberg said Jobs was his mentor.




Jobs founded Apple on April 1, 1976 in his garage with Steve Wozniak. At that time the computer was like a cabinets made by IBM. In 1979, Apple went public and reached $ 110 million profit. 1985, comes the Microsoft. This makes the business a fan of the Beatles out of Apple. But 12 years later he returned again to save Apple from bankruptcy and then successfully launched a legendary product, like iPod (which has sold for 110 million units in four years, while Sony took 15 years), iPhone and iPad. Jobs returned back last August.

Because of his hard work, in 2007 he was selected as the most influential businessmen. He was also the 136th richest person according to Forbes magazine with $ 5.5 billion, in 2010.

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