Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur and inventor who co-founded Apple Inc. He was born in 1955 in San Francisco and adopted after one week of birth. He dropped out of college but continued auditing courses. He co-founded Apple in his parents' garage in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and helped launch the personal computer revolution. After being ousted from Apple in 1985, he founded NeXT and later became CEO of Pixar. In 1996, Apple acquired NeXT and Jobs returned as CEO, reviving the company. He helped develop the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, revolutionizing technology and popular culture. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011 after battling pancreatic cancer.