Yesterday Steve Jobs, creator of all things Apple, passed away at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. Definitely a sad loss. In celebration of his life and career, here are some things about him that you probably didn’t know.
1. Steve dropped out of college. Seems like all the greats do. Though Steve started out at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, he dropped out after 6 months. About a year later, he co-founded Apple.
2. He was adopted. Steve’s biological mom gave him up for adoption about a week after he was born. He was adopted by an Armenian couple Paul and Clara Hagopian. In the 90′s he started the search for his long lost sister, whom he met when he was 27. His sister, Mona Simpson is an author and professor at UCLA.
3. Steve was a Buddhist. In fact, because of his intense love of his religion, he almost thought about joining a monastery and becoming a monk. He was also married in a Buddhist tradition by a Zen monk who was his own personal guru.
4. He co-founded Pixar. In 1986, Steve purchased the animation studio, Pixar, for $5 million and gave the company another $5 million to experiment with animation. He also was one of the people behind the sale of Pixar to Disney about 20 years later.
5. He was actually fired from Apple. Steve created Apple at the age of 20 out of his parents’ garage with his friend Steve Wozniak. After 10 years, he had a falling out with Wozniak and the board of directors sided with Wozniak, and Steve was fired from the company.
6. He didn’t eat meat. Steve was actually a pescatarian, which means he ate fish but no other meat.
7. His net worth? $8.3 BILLION. Steve was number #39 on Forbes list of the Richest People in America in 2011. And rightly so!
Rest in peace, Steve. Thank you for your creativity and hard work!
What do you all think? [Via Hollyscoop]
sunflower / 295 posts
He was quite awesome. RIP Steve
daffodil / 1525 posts
What a badass.
orchid / 118 posts
I wonder where his money went to
guest
aww… RIP
rose / 791 posts
Sad, sad news
R.I.P Mr Jobs <3
sunflower / 327 posts
they say iphone 4s is “iphone for steve”.
im an iphone user. not a crazy apple fan, but i appreciate what steve jobs did.
guest
I was never really interested in purchasing Apple products, but I do think Mr. Jobs was an innovative man. He changed the way people communicated and used media. I also think it is sad that he suffered from pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is particularly fatal, as it is often too late to do anything that could prolong life and improving quality of life by the time it is diagnosed. By the time symptoms are noticed, it is already in the late stages. My grandfather passed away from complications due to pancreatic cancer within a year after being diagnosed. He was not too much older than Mr. Jobs, he was only 62.
guest
my computer misses him already… in all seriousness, may he rest in peace.
guest
Just the other day my mom and I were talking about how breast cancer gets a lot of hullabaloo since it has great spokespeople. My dad passed away from pancreatic cancer, and I hope some people take the time to see that other cancers kill great people too. <3 Rip to two creative, diligent, and great men in my history, Steve and Dad..
guest
There’s no such thing as “rightly so”, in having 8.3 billion dollars. Boy, when we wonder why the economy spirals further and further down around the world, and at the same time we praise greed, it’s no wonder that we can’t come up with any solutions.
lily / 5148 posts
Unfortunately, there are bad things about him too(who doesn’t have bad things?) and I find his influence debatable but still, a life lost is sad but it’s how it goes. He’ll be missed that’s for sure. He’s at peace now and that matters in the long run.
guest
RIP Steve Jobs