Steve Jobs Visionary Founder of Apple

Steve Jobs Visionary Founder of Apple — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Core Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 082014 012015 Cover Photo Paul Sakuma AP Images Interior Photos Paul Sakuma AP Images 1 29 34 Beck Diefenbach Reuters Corbis 4 Jeff Chiu AP Images 7 45 Seth Poppel Yearbook Library 10 Kimberly White Corbis 13 Red Line Editorial 16 Roger Ressmeyer Corbis 18 Michael Hicks 21 top Apple AP Images 21 bottom 22 26 Brant Ward San Francisco Chronicle Corbis 31 Susan Ragan Reuters Corbis 37 Anthony Behar Sipa Press AP Images 40 Editor Arnold Ringstad Series Designer Becky Daum Library of Congress Control Number 2014944215 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kjelle Marylou Morano Steve Jobs visionary founder of Apple Marylou Morano Kjelle p cm Newsmakers Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-62403-642-2 1 Jobs Steve 1955-2011 Juvenile literature 2 Computer engineers United States Biography Juvenile literature 3 Businessmen United States Biography Juvenile literature 4 Apple Computer Inc History Juvenile literature 1 Title 338 7 61004092 dc23 B 2014944215

Steve Jobs Visionary Founder of Apple — page 2 — CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE The Year of the iPad 2 4 CHAPTER TWO Growing Up 10 CHAPTER THREE The Birth of Apple 18 CHAPTER FOUR The Next Step 26 CHAPTER FIVE The Return 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48

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Steve Jobs Visionary Founder of Apple — page 4 — 5 CHAPTER ONE The audience cheered as Steve Jobs took the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco California It was March 2 2011 Many people in the audience were surprised to see him Jobs had been battling pancreatic cancer for several years He was on sick leave from his position as the chief executive officer CEO of Apple Inc He had founded the company in 1976 Now Jobs looked Jobs was famous for his onstage product announcements THE YEAR OF THE IPAD 2

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