Remembering Steve Jobs
Co-founder and CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, passed away at age 56 on Wednesday due to complications of pancreatic cancer.
Tributes flowed immediately on Wednesday from technology leaders, legions of Apple fans and even President Obama. Manny Vidal, chief executive of the Vidal Partnership, praised Mr. Jobs as a “seducer,” saying: “Apple constantly surprised us with something we didn’t think we needed. Now, you can’t live without it.”
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, said, “For those of us lucky enough to get to work with Steve, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.”
Although Jobs was neither a hardware engineer nor a software programmer, he considered himself a “technology leader,” finding the best and most talented in the field and encouraging and inspiring them to create. And, of course, Jobs made the final call on product design and outcome.
During Jobs’ time away from Apple, he purchased a computer graphics spinoff from George Lucas and built the visionary team that came to be known as Pixar Animation Studios. Edwin Catmull, a co-founder of Pixar said, “You need a lot more than vision — you need a stubbornness, tenacity, belief and patience to stay the course. In Steve’s case, he pushes right to the edge, to try to make the next big step forward.”
Steve Jobs will continue to be commemorated for his genius and true success: the ability to blend product design and business market innovation by integrating consumer-oriented software, microelectronic components, industrial design and new business strategies in a way that has not been matched.
Watch his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address for deeper insights into the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs:
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