Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc. and played a key role in the early development of the personal computer. He dropped out of college but continued auditing classes, which influenced his design thinking. Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched the Apple I in 1976, which began the personal computer revolution. After various successes and failures with Apple and other companies, Jobs returned to Apple in 1996 and led the company to innovation success with products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.