At 20, he and a Iriend Steve Wozniak started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976.
1975:Jobs and his Iriend Steve Wozniak created a prototype computer in his parents' garage. A year later, they both co-Iounded Apple Computer to sell their machines. They started out with the Apple I.
1977: The Apple II is launched and became the Iirst successIul mass-market computer. It stayed in production Ior 16 years.
1980: Apple III launched as a commercial Iailure because oI Iaulty construction
1983: Apple launched the Lisa, which was also unsuccessIul. It was the Iirst personal computer controlled by on-screen icons activated at the click oI a mouse.
1984: Apple launched the Macintosh computer that had disappointing sales, but received good reviews.
1985: Apple closed halI oI its six Iactories. They also downsized by more than 1,000 employees and declared a quarterly loss. Jobs goes head-to-head with John Sculley in a boardroom battle. He lost and was Iorced out oI Apple.
1986: Jobs bought the computer graphics division oI Lucas Iilm Ltd. This company was owned by Star Wars director George Lucas. Jobs then created what is now known as Pixar Animation Studios.
1987: Macintosh II is launched
1988: Jobs Iounded NeXT Computer, but it only sold 50,000 computers.
1995: Pixar releases Toy Story, the Iirst Iull- length computer animated Iilm. Jobs was CEO and the Iilm got worldwide success.
1996: Apple buys NeXT Ior $429m and used Jobs' technology to build the next generation oI its own soItware.
1997: Jobs became an interne CEO at Apple.
1998: The iMac launched. It is a selI- contained computer and monitor.
2001:The Iirst iPod is sold in October and was a commercial success.
2003: The iTunes music store is launched in April.
2004: Jobs told employees he underwent a successIul operation to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas. he told employees in an email to employees that his cancer was rare, but a treatable Iorm oI the disease.
2007:The Iirst iPhone is launched and Jobs also decided to drop the computer Irom Apple's name.
December 2008: Jobs said he will not give the keynote address at the Iinal Macworld ConIerence and Expo in 2009. This announcement also ignited rumors about his health.
2010: The iPad launched in April and 3 million devices are sold in 80 days. Nearly 15 million iPads were sold worldwide by the end oI the year. Apple's annual sales reach $65 billion, an increase Irom the reported $8 billion in 2000.
1anuary 2011: iPad 2 launch event.
August 2011: Jobs announced his resignation Irom as Apple CEO on August 24. In a brieI letter to employees, Jobs said, "I have always said iI there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the Iirst to let you know. UnIortunately, that day has come." Oct. 5, 2011: Apple announced Steve Jobs died one day aIter iphone 4S was unveiled.