ENTREPRENEUR, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
1955 - 2011
Steve Jobs achieved revolutionary technological innovation through an obsessive perfectionism that transformed entire industries while creating profound personal and organizational costs, revealing the complex relationship between visionary leadership and human complexity
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."
— Steve Jobs, 2005
"Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new."
— Steve Jobs, 2005
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
— Steve Jobs, 2005
Birth of future technology icon, establishing circumstances that would shape his identity
Adoption experience profoundly influenced his perfectionism and need for control
Beginning of formal education in heart of Silicon Valley
Beginning of partnership that would create Apple Computer
Expensive liberal arts education that influenced his aesthetic sensibilities
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