Steve Jobs
He was one of the founders, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Apple. Jobs was also an executive at Pixar; After Pixar acquired The Walt Disney Company in 2006, he became a member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs became a millionaire thanks to his creativity, dedication and attention to detail. He was an exemplary man in the truest sense of the word, but so contrasting... A fan of the mysterious world who ushered in a new era with science and technology... A realist, but at the same time a selfish, forward-thinking, and fixed-minded... That's all we know about Steve Jobs, but are there any facts we don't know?
Jobs spent most of his life as a Buddhist monk. As unbelievable as it sounds, Jobs' dream as a young man was to become a Buddhist monk. After participating in a number of Buddhist activities, Jobs, who was inclined to live as a monk, shaved his head in pursuit of this dream.
Steve Jobs was a pescetarian - a vegetarian who could eat fish. Steve loved to eat carrots and apples and could survive on these foods alone for two days. Like personal computer founders Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak, Jobs dropped out of school. Although Steve Jobs struggled with academic structures and hierarchies for a while, he later left Reed College in Oregon. Steve Jobs was not born a millionaire. He was even adopted shortly after his birth. Raised by the Paul-Clara Jobs couple. And the native family was a couple whose relationship and marriage was not accepted by their family. Once a week, he worked as a glass collector, which helped him to eat well, earning him no more than a few dollars. However, thanks to his perseverance and intelligence, he established the company "Apple" and achieved success.
Steve Jobs met his sister Mona Simpson, a famous writer, when he was only 27 years old. It should be noted that Mona's first novel "Anywhere But Here" was about memories of her parents, while her other novel "A Regular Guy" is about Jobs. After parting ways with Apple in 1985, Jobs applied to become an astronaut at NASA, but was rejected. It is a well-known fact that Apple was founded in the garage of Steve Jobs' house by Jobs and his only friend from university, Steve Wozniak.
But the surprising thing is that some people named the new company Steve Jobs founded after the music group "Beatles" founded in the 1960s. They think he put "Apple" in reference to the music company called Apple Records. In 2007, a legal procedure was initiated regarding the issue, and both parties reached a mutual agreement and closed the court case.
According to another source, which is considered to be closer to the truth, it is said that the name "Apple" was inspired by Jobs' apple orchards. Jobs himself said that the name Apple is a name that is "fun, has its own soul and is not threatening". The company's first logo depicted Newton sitting under an apple tree. Did you know that despite being the CEO of a $300 billion company, Steve Jobs' annual salary is less than any ordinary company employee? During his years at Apple, he received a symbolic salary of just $1. 5.5 million worth of company shares was enough for him to live on. At the time of his death, his fortune was around 10.2 billion dollars.
