Steve Jobs was an American businessman and technology visionary who co-founded Apple Inc. He grew interested in electronics from a young age through his father. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and later pioneered the development of the Macintosh computer. After being ousted from Apple in 1985, he founded NeXT and later became the majority shareholder of Pixar. Jobs rejoined Apple as CEO in 1997 and oversaw the development of successful products like the iPod, iPhone and iPad. He resigned as CEO in 2011 due to health issues and passed away later that year from pancreatic cancer.