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Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955-5 October 2011), most popularly known as Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He was the pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was famous for his career in the electronic field of computers and consumers. This became possible through the marketing of Apple computers.
In 1985, Jobs left Apple after losing a power battle with the board of directors. He then founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business market. Apple, however failed to bring up any new operating system during Jobs' absence. Jobs returned to Apple as an adviser, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. By 1998, Jobs brought Apple back to profitability from the verge of bankruptcy. He supervised the development of iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. These devices are so simple and user friendly that even a child can operate them.
He supervised the company's Apple Stores; iTunes Stores and the App Stores too. The success of these products and services brought about steady financial returns for several years and pushed Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. This triumph is regarded as the greatest turnarounds in the business history.
Steve Jobs has been highly acclaimed as a visionary leader. He has changed people's perspective towards the computer and how they use it, consume personal media and how they communicate with each other. Hence i-Books, iPhones, iPods and iPads have become extremely popular. Jobs saw and felt the need of Wi-Fi (wireless Internet connection) in laptops. It is he who made Wi-Fi a standard feature of every laptop, and of many other devices worldwide. So Jobs' dream to be anywhere anytime became a reality.
Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios. He became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.
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Steve Jobs was an extraordinary businessman. As a (a) _______ businessman he created coruscation all over the world. He was the co-founder, chairman and chief (b) ______ officer of Apple Inc. He brought about a (c) ________ change in the field of computer. He wanted the world people to know about computer by making its price cheaper. He thought about the (d) _______ capacity of the people of both developed and (e) ________ countries.
(a) successful (b) executive (c) revolutionary (d) purchasing (e) developing
Steve Jobs was an extraordinary businessman. As a (a) successful businessman he created coruscation all over the world. He was the co-founder, chairman and chief (b) executive officer of Apple Inc. He brought about a (c) revolutionary change in the field of computer. He wanted the world people to know about computer by making its price cheaper. He thought about the (d) purchasing capacity of the people of both developed and (e) developing countries.
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