# Steve Jobs  ## Metadata - Author: [[britannica.com]] - Full Title: Steve Jobs - Category: #articles - Summary: Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, and co-founded Apple Inc., becoming a key figure in the personal computer revolution. He led the development of iconic products like the Apple II and Macintosh, and his company gained fame for innovative marketing. After leaving Apple, he founded NeXT and helped transform Pixar into a successful animation studio. - URL: https://www.britannica.com/money/Steve-Jobs ## Highlights - Steve Jobs introducing Apple's Macintosh (Mac), January 24, 1984. Paul Sakuma—AP/Shutterstock.com However, the first Macs were underpowered and expensive, and they had few [software](https://www.britannica.com/technology/software) applications—all of which resulted in disappointing sales. Apple steadily improved the machine, so that it eventually became the company’s lifeblood as well as the model for all subsequent computer interfaces. But Jobs’s apparent failure to correct the problem quickly led to tensions in the company, and in 1985 Sculley convinced Apple’s board of directors to remove the company’s famous cofounder. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jb5vtmp5qjnsgznjf7rvjbta))