Steven Paul Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc, died on Wednesday at the age of 56. Jobs’ death was announced by Apple in a statement late on Wednesday. The apple.com homepage featured a black-and-white picture of him with the words “Steve Jobs, 1955-2011.”
“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.” Apple said in a statement announcing Jobs’ passing.
The Silicon Valley icon who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone had resigned as CEO of the world’s largest technology corporation in August, handling the reins to current chief executive Tim Cook.
Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January, his third since health problems began and officially resigned in August.
Jobs started Apple with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, was forced out a decade later and returned in 1997 to rescue the company. During his second stint, it grew into the most valuable technology company in the world.
In 2005, Jobs delivered Stanford University’s commencement speech. “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life,” he said. “Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
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