1982
Jobs takes charge of Apple’s Macintosh Division.
1984
The Macintosh debuts.
1985
Jobs loses control of Apple. He starts NeXT.
1986
Jobs buys Pixar.
1989
Jobs meets Laurene Powell.
1990
Jobs marries Laurene Powell. His son Reed is born.
1991
Jobs makes a deal with Disney, which provides Pixar with
fi nancing.
1995
Jobs’s daughter Erin is born. Pixar becomes a publicly traded
company, making Jobs a billionaire.
1996
Apple buys NeXT. Jobs returns to Apple.
1997
Jobs becomes Apple’s Interim CEO.
1998
The iMac debuts. Jobs’s daughter Eve is born.
2000
Jobs becomes the CEO of Apple.
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