Steven Jobs, was born February 24, 1955 in California. You know Jobs as the CEO - I know Jobs the Freedom Fighter. You know him as the Co-founder and CEO of Apple and the CEO and Chairman of Pixar Animation Studios.
But I remember the brash and bold Steve Jobs from the 70's who fancies himself as the Che' Guevara of the PC Revolution. The Baby-boomers James Dean. The Rebel with a cause. The leader of the Anti-IBM movement. Steve was our Freedom Fighter. He fought against the powerful forces of the IBM Centralized Command and Control Mainframe. Againest white shirt and plain ties -Steve always hated business suits, most of us boomers did not. In the 80's he viewed himself as a Pirate againest the forces of IBM, Xerox, Hewett Packard and Microsoft. He would often ask employees, "are you a Pirate?" -not the kind of thing you learn in B-School.
Steve Jobs over night success with Apple Corp. and its IPO made him an instant millionaire at age 24. Today Steve Jobs has become one of the iconic leaders of the digital era.
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