He was largely responsible for helping revive Apple, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy. Jobs became CEO of Apple in 1997, following his company's acquisition of NeXT. The new company was Pixar, which produced the first 3D computer animated feature film Toy Story (1995) and went on to become a major animation studio, producing over 20 films since. In addition, he helped to develop the visual effects industry when he funded the computer graphics division of George Lucas's Lucasfilm in 1986. That same year, Jobs took a few Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985 after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Sculley. The Macintosh introduced the desktop publishing industry in 1985 with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics.
This led to the development of the unsuccessful Apple Lisa in 1983, followed by the breakthrough Macintosh in 1984, the first mass-produced computer with a GUI. Jobs saw the commercial potential of the Xerox Alto in 1979, which was mouse-driven and had a graphical user interface (GUI). Together, the duo gained fame and wealth a year later with the Apple II, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers. He and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Jobs attended Reed College in 1972 before withdrawing that same year, and traveled through India in 1974 seeking enlightenment and studying Zen Buddhism.
He is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Steven Paul Jobs (Febru– October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor.
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