Steve Jobs was born in 1955 and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He dropped out of college but later co-founded Apple in 1976. Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985 but went on to found NeXT and later became CEO of Pixar. Jobs returned as CEO of Apple in 1997 and oversaw new products like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He resigned as CEO in 2011 due to health issues and passed away from pancreatic cancer later that year.