THE APPL
Steven Paul “ Steve ” Jobs
February 24 , 1955 – October 5 , 2011 ) was an American businessman , inventor , and industrial designer . He was the co-founder , chairman , and chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Apple Inc .; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar ; a member of The Walt Disney Company ’ s board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar ; and founder , chairman , and CEO of NeXT . Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s