Steve Jobs is the current CEO and co-founder of Apple, Inc. As of 2008, Apple had approximately 22,000 employees, $24 billion in annual sales, and the company's stock had risen by more than 70% over the course of a year.http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733758_1736089,00.html

In mid-June 2009, it was reported that Jobs, who took a medical leave of absence in January 2009, had received a liver transplant in the spring of 2009. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Jobs received the transplant in a Tennessee hospital. A spokesperson for Apple said Jobs my return to work, part-time at the end of June.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124546193182433491.html?mg=com-wsj

On February 16, 2010, reports surfaced the Jobs will be providing background and other pertinent stories to help in the publication of an authorized biography.http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/16/report-steve-jobs-to-cooperate-on-biography/?hpt=T2

In January of 2011, Jobs took a second medical leave of absence because of his health.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/apples-steve-jobs-to-take-medical-leave.htmlApple's stock in overseas trading decreased due to the leave of absence.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/apples-steve-jobs-to-take-medical-leave.html Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook took over leadership of the company.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/apples-steve-jobs-to-take-medical-leave.html

Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, and was adopted as an infant. He grew up just south of his birthplace in Cupertino, California. After graduating from Homestead High School, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. However, he dropped out after only one semester. In 1974, Jobs moved back to California before embarking on a spiritual journey to India. Not long after returning to California, Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers.

Apple, Inc. went public in 1980 with the success of the Apple II personal computer. John Sculley, a former Pepsi executive, was hired by Jobs as CEO, but the 1984 sales slump and a deteriorating relationship between Sculley and Jobs resulted in Jobs' leaving Apple.

In 1986, Jobs founded the NeXT computer company. Although NeXT garnered a strong following for its sophisticated machinery, the company was unable to cross over into the mainstream. NeXT was purchased by Apple in 1996, paving the way for Jobs to eventually become CEO.

After the departure of Gil Amelio, Jobs became Apple's interim CEO. Jobs regained the confidence of the board of directors when design developments and the introduction of the iMac led to increased sales. Jobs ultimately reestablished Apple as one of the most cutting-edge tech companies. With products such as the iPod and the iPhone, Apple became more of a household name than ever before.

Steve Jobs was appointed Disney's board of director in 2006 after the company purchased Pixar Animation Studios, where he was formerly chairman and CEO.http://www.i4u.com/article4988.html Jobs is currently on six months medical leave from Apple, at the same time he is up for re-election ass board member for Disney. Despite the fact that Jobs seems to have already won the support of Disney's current CEO Robert Iger, critics don’t understand how he can run the company while he's not well enough to run his own. http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41103/118/ Jobs is the largest single shareholder in Disney, with 7.4 per cent of the shares. c

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