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Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955.
His young parents could not keep him, so he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, who loved him deeply.
He grew up in California, in the area that later got the name Silicon Valley.
His father showed him how to build things with his hands, and Steve loved taking machines apart.
In 1976, when he was only twenty-one, Steve started a computer company with his friend Steve Wozniak.
They built their first computers in the family garage and called the company Apple.
Steve believed that a computer should be simple, friendly, and beautiful
— a tool for everyone, not only for engineers.
Apple grew fast, but Steve was not easy to work with.
In 1985, after a big fight inside the company, he was fired from Apple — the company he had started himself.
He did not stop.
He built a new computer company, and he also bought a small studio called Pixar,
which later made Toy Story, the first long film made completely on computers.
In 1997, Apple was in deep trouble, and Steve came back to save it.
What followed changed daily life around the world: the colorful iMac, the little iPod for music,
and in 2007 the iPhone — a phone with a touchscreen and almost no buttons.
The products looked simple on the outside and were very complex inside.
That was exactly how Steve wanted them.
Steve Jobs died of cancer in 2011, at fifty-six.
In a famous speech to students, he said that our time is limited, so we should not live someone else's life.
He ended that speech with four words that people still repeat today: 'Stay hungry. Stay foolish.'
