15 Inspiring Facts About Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is most famous for creating Apple Inc, the multimillion-dollar brand that has taken over the world, from MacBook computers to iPods and iPhones.

But where did his journey start, and how did he create Apple?

This curious inventor was quiet about his personal life during his career, but he started to open up during his last few years.

Here are 15 inspiring facts about Steve Jobs that you should know.

Steve Jobs was adopted.

Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble.

Jandali came from a Muslim background and Schieble from a Catholic background, and they weren’t married when Schieble fell pregnant.

Both at the University of Wisconsin at the time, Schieble fled to California to have the birth.

Schieble put Jobs up for adoption after deciding that she should not keep the baby.

However, years later, they had a daughter that they kept.

Jobs almost became a Buddhist monk.

In 1974 Jobs traveled to India to stay at the Neem Karoli ashram, seeking spiritual enlightenment.

Unfortunately, upon his arrival, he had learned of Neem Karoli’s death the previous year, so he altered his trip.

Instead, he headed to the ashram of Haidakhan Babaji, where he spent seven months before returning to the US.

Jobs started to practice Zen Buddhism, which became a huge part of his life.

At one point, he considered becoming a monk at Eihei-Ji in Japan.

Steve Jobs was a college dropout.

Like many successful entrepreneurs, Jobs was a college dropout.

In 1972 Jobs enrolled at Reed College but dropped out after one semester.

He explained to his parents that he didn’t want to waste their money on education that was meaningless to him.

Jobs’ adopted parents had promised his biological mother Schieble that they would pay for his education.

Steve Jobs Founded Apple Inc in 1976.

Alongside Steve Wozniak, Jobs created the first Apple computer in March 1976.

Wozniak designed the Apple I, and together with Jobs, they decided to sell it to the public.

By April 1, 1976, the two set up Apple Computer Company as a business partnership alongside Ronald Wayne, now known as Apple Inc.

The business was registered at Jobs’ parents’ home on Crist Drive. Jobs’ bedroom was their office, which later moved to the garage.

The name “Apple” came from Jobs’ time on the All One Farm commune in Oregon.

Jobs spent a lot of time in the apple orchard and decided that should be the company name.

Jobs named an Apple computer after his daughter.

Out of Steve’s four children, only three were with his wife, Laurene Powell.

His first child was with his Homestead High on and off girlfriend, Chrisann Brennan.

When Brennan found out she was pregnant, Jobs denied responsibility for the pregnancy, which resulted in Brennan ending her relationship with Jobs.

Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs was born May 17, 1978. Jobs was not present for Lisa’s birth but went to visit Brennan three days later. Together they named their daughter Lisa.

Jobs then named the computer he was working on the Apple Lisa.

He then denied publically that he named the system after his daughter and that LISA stood for “Local Integrated Systems Architecture.”

In later years he has admitted that the project was named after his daughter.

He married one of his students.

Jobs first met his wife-to-be in 1989 during a lecture he was giving at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Laurene Powell was sat in the front row of Jobs’ lecture, and he couldn’t keep his eyes off her.

Following the lecture, Jobs met with Powell in the car park and invited her to dinner.

Jobs proposed to Powell in 1990, and they married at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park on March 18, 1991.

Jobs met his biological sister at age 27.

Due to being adopted as a child and not knowing his biological family, it took a long time to find out about his sister.

Jobs tracked down his sister, author Mona Simpson, and met her when he was 27 years old.

Her first book was titled “Anywhere But Here,” which was about her relationship with her parents, Jobs’ biological family.

In 1986 Steve Jobs funded the Graphics Group, which later became Pixar.

Initially, it was a sub-company under Disney until Jobs invested, and the company became its own spin-off company.

The first Pixar film “Toy Story” (1995), was a joint venture with Disney, but because of Jobs’ investment, it meant he was credited as executive producer.

Disney bought back the company in 2006.

As part of the takeover, Disney converted Pixar shares into Disney shares, which made Jobs one of Disney’s largest shareholders for a short amount of time.

He has over 300 patents to his name.

The exact number of patents that include Jobs’ name as either sole inventor or co-inventor varies across the board.

Jobs has 43 patents on “inventions” to his name, whilst the rest are all design-related.

He has patents for speakers, staircases, packages, power adaptors, phones, etc.

Jobs received the patent for the Mac OS X Dock user interface the day before he died.

Since his death, he has received another 141 patents to his name. Thus, there are hundreds of patents that contain Jobs’ name.

Jobs wore the same outfit daily.

Not the exact same garments, but the same style.

Jobs adopted a dress code that consisted of a black turtleneck, jeans, and sneakers.

His style was simple, but he became known for it.

He would only wear Levis jeans, and it is rumored that he owned around 100 pairs of them.

Jobs had a liver transplant.

In 2003 Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer, a tumor in his pancreas.

Initially, Jobs ignored suggested medical treatment in search of alternatives.

It is thought that the alternative treatment is possibly why jobs experienced such an early death.

In 2004 he finally underwent surgery to remove the tumor from his pancreas. Sadly in 2006, his tumor returned, but not everyone knew.

Tim Cook offered Jobs a part of his liver as they both have a rare blood type.