英語名人堂：史蒂夫.喬布斯
1976年4月1日，喬布斯簽署了一份合同，決定成立一家電腦公司。[2] 1977年4月，喬布斯在美國第一次計算機展覽會展示了蘋果Ⅱ號樣機。1997年蘋果推出iMac，創(chuàng)新的外殼顏色透明設計使得產品大賣，并讓蘋果度過財政危機。[3] 2011年8月24日，史蒂夫·喬布斯向蘋果董事會提交辭職申請。[4]
喬布斯被認為是計算機業(yè)界與娛樂業(yè)界的標志性人物，他經歷了蘋果公司幾十年的起落與興衰，先后領導和推出了麥金塔計算機(Macintosh)、iMac、iPod、iPhone、iPad等風靡全球的電子產品，深刻地改變了現(xiàn)代通訊、娛樂、生活方式。喬布斯同時也是前Pixar動畫公司的董事長及行政總裁。[5]
2011年10月5日，史蒂夫·喬布斯因患胰腺癌病逝，享年56歲。
Jobs guided Apple to be a major player in the digital revolution. The introduction of the iMac and other cutting-edge products made Apple a powerful brand with a loyal following. Jobs also enjoyed considerable success at Pixar. He created Oscar-winning movies such as ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Finding Nemo’. Jobs’ advice for success is: “You’ve got to find what you love." He died in October 2011,aged 56.
Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. He was the largest individual shareholder in Walt Disney. Jobs’ name is associated with innovative products like the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad. He was a much-respectedcorporate leader whose management style is studied worldwide. His attention to design, function and style won him millions of fans.
Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955. He became interested in computers when he was a teenager and attended lectures after school at Hewlett Packard. In 1974, Jobs got a job as a technician at the video game maker Atari. He saved enough money to backpack around India and then returned to Atari, where he met Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple in 1976. Jobs persuaded Wozniak to make a computer and sell it. Together, they developed the Mac. It was the first small computer with a user-friendly interface to be commercially successful. Jobs also built the computer on which the World Wide Web was created. He developed a passion for style and functional perfection, which became Appletrademarks.
