Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobswas an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officerof Apple Inc.; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT Inc. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Shortly after his death, Jobs's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 February 1955
CountryUnited States of America
We are thrilled to report the best quarter in Apple's history. We are working on more wonderful products for 2006, and I can't wait to see what our customers think of them.
We are thrilled to report the best quarter in Apple's history.
We're thrilled to have concluded the best year in Apple's history. This is the direct result of our focus on innovation and the immense talent and creativity at Apple.
We're thrilled to have concluded the best year in Apple's history.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
We are delighted that Apple is delivering strong growth on every front -- revenues, profits and units -- and in particular that our unit growth last quarter was 2.5 times higher than the industry average, which leads directly to market share growth. Apple also continues to deliver the best asset management in the industry, ending the quarter with less than one day of inventory.
Some people didn't like the old mouse. We have many faults, but we listen. We are moving from what some people called the worst mouse to the best mouse in the industry,
I heard some hisses. Au contraire. I think it's the best browser on the platform.
We just wanted to build the best thing we could build
I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.
It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade.
If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.