October 6th, 2011 Apple Founder Steve Jobs Has Died

Co-founder and former Apple CEO Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56 years.

Steve Jobs founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. In 1985 he left there because of disagreements with the leaders of the corporation, and in 1997 he returned and in 2000 he became its CEO.

In August 2011, Steve Jobs, after a long vacation resigned as head of Apple. Tim Cook was CEO of the company, replacing Steve Jobs on 17 January 2011, when he went on sick leave. At the same time Steve Jobs was elected chairman of the board of directors of Apple.

In his letter to employees Jobs then said: “I’ve always said that if come the day when I can not get more consistent with his duties and expectations as CEO, I first tell you about it. Unfortunately, this day has come”.

Apple and Jobs himself did not report on the causes that made it impossible to return to the leadership of the company manager. However, journalists and bloggers agreed that the reason for this decision was Jobs’ health.

Steve Jobs has repeatedly experienced health problems. In 2003, Steve Jobs had cancer of the pancreas, which successfully operated in 2004. In 2008, Jobs has a lot of weight, which caused rumors of a possible recurrence of pancreatic cancer. In the summer of 2009 it became known that Jobs had surgery for a liver transplant.

Death of S. Jobs confirmed by his relatives. They did not disclose details of the last minutes of his life. Doctors who tried to save S. Jobs, acknowledged that he was killed by cancer.

However the whole world knew about the serious illness of the founder of Apple, the news of his death caused a real shock. In the U.S., was created the site by memory of Steve Jobs, on which there were sent thousands of condolences. Steve Wozniak likened the news of his death with the message about the murder of John Lennon or John F. Kennedy.

Condolences to the family and friends of Steve Jobs were sent by many politicians and public figures worldwide. With a special statement by U.S. President Barack Obama, who recently met with the founder of Apple and received from him an updated gadget as a present, made a special statement about Steve Jobs death.

Date and place of burial of S. Jobs will be announced later.

It is expected that at the end of this year will be published the first official biography of S. Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson. Continuation of the book will be gone.

Apple is the largest IT-company in the world with a market capitalization of more than $ 300 billion. In 2010, she has pick up this title from Microsoft. Apple releases Mac computers and laptops MacBook, as well as a line of portable devices, which includes iPhone smart phones, iPod players and iPad tablet.

Steve Jobs did not just change the world, he made it better, clearer and more beautiful. He came to transform Apple brands: iPhone and iPad in a cult, an object of worship. And where there is a feeling overtakes reason, there is often craving for luxury. Manufacturers of luxury goods quickly recognized the potential of which are products of Apple, and began to make interruption and without the device even more stylish and beautiful.

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