Overview
- Steve Jobs would have turned 71 on February 24, 2026, as Tim Cook praised him as an incredible leader, innovator, and friend.
- Jobs co‑founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, starting work on the first machines in a garage.
- A 1985 power struggle with John Sculley led to Jobs’ exit, with disputed accounts over whether he was fired or resigned.
- Jobs founded NeXT, which Apple later acquired, bringing him back and paving the way for the board to replace CEO Gil Amelio with Jobs.
- His return set up a run of landmark products, culminating in the iPhone’s 2007 launch, as some commentary now frames Apple under Cook as a perfector rather than an innovator.