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Remembering Steve Jobs: 15 Fascinating Facts You Don't Know About

Submitted by EconMatters on 10/08/2011 12:39 -0400

Sadly, Mr. Steve Jobs, Apple founder and CEO till a few months ago, passed away on Wed. Oct 5, 2011 at age 56 after losing a long battle to cancer. Mr. Jobs was a true technology titan who forever changed our personal and business computing world with an array of innovative and cool digital consumer and entertainment products.

New York Times noted,

"Mr. Jobs was neither a hardware engineer nor a software programmer, nor did he think of himself as a manager. He considered himself a technology leader, choosing the best people possible, encouraging and prodding them, and making the final call on product design."

It is that "final call on product design" has set Apple apart from the pack and propelled the company to briefly top Exxon as the world's largest company in market cap. And indeed, the first new product launch in Mr. Job's absence--iPhone 4S--underwhelmed investors and Apple stocks suffered a heavy 4% sell-off immediately after the release.

However, we think most likely Apple could have encountered some kind of a problem pushing out iPhone 5 on time, and made iPhone 4S a quick fix rather than missing the launch deadline. On the other hand, we don't believe iPhone 4S (in its current state) would have even seen the light of the day if Mr. Jobs were still at the helm, and he would have managed public expectation a lot better as well.

Mr. Jobs has been the face, image, heart and soul of Apple for decades, and Apple executives no doubt will face this question--WWSJD (What Would Steve Jobs Do)-- in the foreseeable future. The infographic below documents some of the interesting yet less known facts about Mr. Jobs. Our thoughts go out to Mr. Jobs' family.

Further Reading:

The Fall and Rise of iSteve Apple

Beijing Pays Tribute To Jobs [Flckr Pic]

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Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:07 | 1753397 Max Hunter

Just imagine if Americans didn't have their idols to consume their time worshiping. They may have to actually think about important things like the left/right paradigm fucking us out of our standard of living and ruining everything so there is nothing left for our children.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 19:17 | 1753566 Race Car Driver

Remember when everything used to be 'for the children'? Don't see that trotted out these days - unless talking about obesity - wonder what changed?

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:01 | 1753470 Arkadaba

I agree with what you are saying but maybe it is a human impulse to glorify individuals - making the story personal. For me, my first computer was a Mac and I will never forget the first web page I created - saw endless possibilities. Then I discovered Unix ....

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:15 | 1753485 Mr Lennon Hendrix

We do, and we glorify individuals in hope that if we do then one day we will be glorified.

Sun, 10/09/2011 - 03:30 | 1754218 BorisTheBlade

I remember at least one gladiator whose name lived through the centuries, but I never came across a name of famous fan of gladiators' games. Emperors and nobility don't count.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 16:35 | 1753349 no2foreclosures

Here comes all the Steve Jobs haters who happens to be mostly traders that use only proprietary trading software on their . . . PCs.

BTW, for all you complainers (and sudden humanitarians) because Apple products being made in sweat shops in China, where is your PC made and/or assembled?

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:32 | 1753423 Mr Lennon Hendrix

Ad hominem

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:58 | 1753464 no2foreclosures

hupokrinesthai

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:08 | 1753478 Mr Lennon Hendrix

What do you mean? That word translates loosely.

I am telling you, just to reiterate, that you are using a fallacious argument. We may using computers, and yes, if none of us did then the system would change, but like a boddhisatva reaching enlightenment, we would all have to change our ways. Jobs on the other hand could have not practiced slave labor, and he could have changed the world.

Jobs was a whore for the fascist system.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 15:57 | 1753300 Popo

So much for the veganism is healthier thing... 'Just sayin...

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 15:48 | 1753291 Volaille de Bresse

RE all this? YAWN!

Mourned on Friday, forgotten by Monday...

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 15:49 | 1753290 tamboo

acid dropping jew created a spiffy surveillance matrix for his adoring followers.

poor hygiene? there goes another stereotype.

Steve Jobs Dropped LSD To “Think Different”…”Acid Was One Of The Best Things”…

curously absent from this list:

Jew Watch - Leaders - List of Jewish Millionaires

but no one gets into this club w/o being a tribesman

. The Jews behind Internet

him and his biological sister look the part. she's married to a joo

and writes about joo themes. not to mention a member of the 80% joo uc faculty.

Mona Simpson (novelist) - Wikipedia

dont forget that liver he ripped off after doing too many drugs.

http://exiledonline.com/exiled-flashback-steve-jobs-stole-a-liver-transp...

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 16:33 | 1753339 brandy night rocks

Jew-hating simians are fucking retards.

And Bill Gates >>>>>> Jobs. Gates' death will be orders of magnitude more epic than Steve Jobs', but all people will care about is the excellent interface on Steve's obituary.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:22 | 1753493 Confused

Always a nerd in the crowd to start the PC/Mac debate.

Get over it. Different strokes and all that........

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:49 | 1753450 Moe Howard

They shared poor personal hygiene.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 15:59 | 1753301 Popo

Steve was half Jew / half Arab.

And he identified himself as neither.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:54 | 1753452 tamboo

he thought about marrying commie zio joan baez,

that's enough identifying for me.

can you imagine those 2 going at it?!?

do not want!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVCqPAzI-JY&feature=player_embedded

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:30 | 1753421 Mr Lennon Hendrix

The New World Order cares not what religion anyone is, it only cares that its minions follow instructions.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 15:45 | 1753288 Race Car Driver

::yawns::

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 14:49 | 1753200 Dingleberry

You left out backdating stock options......apparently $5 billion was not enough........

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 14:53 | 1753206 Earl of Chiswick

The iPod maker restates earnings and says CEO Steve Jobs was aware of some options backdating, but he was not involved with any other wrongdoing;

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/29/technology/apple_jobs/index.htm

Apple ‘falsified’ files on Steve Jobs’ options Sources: CEO handed 7.5 million stock options without authorization

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16373057/ns/business-financial_times/t/apple...

Sun, 10/09/2011 - 08:23 | 1754335 I am a Man I am...

steve jobs was not perfect, but he's fed more people and made people more money than few ever have

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 14:18 | 1753069 Earl of Chiswick

Designed in California. Made in China.

It's a sprawling place where 200,000 people work and sleep meaning this iPod City has a population bigger than Newcastle's. Arriving at the gates, the visitor is initially struck by the giant billboards inviting anyone over 16, the legal working age here, to apply for jobs. Workers live in dormitories on the site, 100 to a room, arriving with a few possessions and a bucket to wash their clothes. The accommodation may be free, but it comes at a cost ? no one outside the plant is allowed to visit the workers. Security is high everywhere, but especially in the five-storey E3 factory which makes the Nanos. Police not security guards are stationed on all gates, studiously checking those entering and leaving the site to thwart rivals intent on industrial espionage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401234/The-stark-reality-iPods-C...

so Apple investigated (that was 2006)

"The team reviewed personnel files and hiring practices and found no evidence whatsoever of the use of child labour or any form of forced labour," Apple said in a report on its Web site that summarised the findings of its audit of the facility.

However, the probe did find that in many cases workers were exceeding the company's limits for overtime, which specify a maximum of 60 hours or six days a week. Apple said its inspection found that in at least two instances workers were made to stand at attention for disciplinary reasons.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401220/Apple-uncover-harsh-condi...

fast forward to 2010

Inside the Chinese suicide sweatshop where workers toil in 34-hour shifts to make your iPod

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285980/Revealed-Inside-Chinese-...

Apple admits using child labour

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7330986/Apple-admits-using-c...

and here we are enlightened and aware in 2011

China accuses Apple of ignoring pollution and health and safety concerns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348864/China-accuses-Apple-igno...

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 23:25 | 1753961 Bananamerican

"The owner of this massive, highly controlled iPad and iPhone factory has also decided to install something he's dubbed 'ai xin wang' - which translates literally as 'nets of a loving heart' (ya gotta love the sheer BALLS of the Chicoms)In reality, these 'loving hearts' are 10ft high wire fences on the roofs and 15ft wide nets at the base of all buildings. The human traps are to prevent people jumping to their deaths and smashing themselves on the pavements below."

(sigh...) can't deny it...the huge black strike against Jobs in his Karmic afterlife.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 16:39 | 1753356 no2foreclosures

And pray tell where is your computer made?

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:02 | 1753456 Earl of Chiswick

no2foreclosures please explain you name

to answer your question China likely a slave factory so what's your point last time I looked Léo Apotheker was not being eulogized as Michelangelo, the Dalai Lama, Thomas Edison and the second coming of Jesus. The article above, to which I was responding makes Stevie wonder out to be some sort superior being but missed a few details.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 21:07 | 1753742 BigJim

You get red for suggesting low wages = slavery.

FAIL.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 21:22 | 1753772 Earl of Chiswick

Little Jim please cut an paste the quotation where I said that

otherwise fuck off

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 21:15 | 1753759 Mr Lennon Hendrix

I take it the 12 hour days with no bathroom breaks are a necessary sacrifice for the amazing $2 per day for a job where you stand the whole time with your head down and hands moving.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:29 | 1753417 Zone1

My computer was made on my living room floor. The CPU was made in the USA.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:26 | 1753414 Mr Lennon Hendrix

Ad hominem

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:53 | 1753457 no2foreclosures

hypocrite

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 18:09 | 1753479 Mr Lennon Hendrix

I own no sweatshops.

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 20:45 | 1753033 bank guy in Brussels

Apple's Steve Jobs started life as an abandoned child. The father of Steve Jobs is a Muslim from Syria, Abdulfattah Jandali, born in 1931 and still alive in America today. When Steve was born out of wedlock, the parents of Steve's German-American mother, Joanne Schieble, was not allowed by her parents to marry a Muslim, and Joanne was pushed to give up the baby Steve for adoption, to the couple Paul and Clara Jobs.

Some time after the adoption, Steve's biological parents did marry, and had another child, Steve Jobs' sister, the novelist Mona Simpson (née Jandali).

Though it seems they recently came to know of each other, it appears Steve Jobs and his father never met, Steve feeling abandoned, and Mr Jandali not going to the side of his dying son, or meeting his grandchildren fathered by Steve, because the father was afraid of looking like he was chasing Steve's money.

Article 'iSad in Damascus: Syria reclaims Jobs',
By Sami Moubayed in Asia Times Online yesterday:

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MJ08Ak01.html

Sat, 10/08/2011 - 23:01 | 1753930 covert

seems a lot like my grandfather

http://expose2.wordpress.com

Remembering Steve Jobs: 15 Fascinating Facts You Don't Know About

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