Steve Jobs is known as the person who gave the world Apple and made a breakthrough in the field of high technology. His capital is estimated at billions of dollars. What salary did Jobs receive at the start of his career?
Hobbies of Steve Jobs
The creative path of the talented Apple leader is described by Walter Isaacson in his biography Steve Jobs. For over two years, Jobs has given in-depth interviews about his life, career, and beliefs.
Stephen was born in February 1955 and was an adopted child. His mother worked as a secretary, and his adoptive father worked as a mechanic. As a child, Jobs was fond of mathematics and electronics, and in the 9th grade began attending the Hewlett Packard Research Club. There he listened to lectures by engineers and was engaged in his own projects. When Jobs was assembling a digital frequency counter and he did not have the necessary part, he called the director of HP and asked him to send the necessary one. Oddly enough, his request was fulfilled and even offered a job at the plant. Since then, Jobs began to earn extra money every summer and put savings aside. On his fifteenth birthday, his father gave him an inexpensive car, which Steve exchanged for red fiat a year later, accumulating the missing amount.
At the age of 18, Jobs was expelled from college of his own free will, he did not like to attend all classes. But Steve was able to negotiate with the dean, who allowed him to attend the lectures on calligraphy.
Jobs' passion for calligraphy played a large role in the creation of the Macintosh.
Career and salary
At 19, Jobs got a job as a technician at Atari, a video game company.
For his work at Atari, Stephen Jobs began to receive $ 5 an hour.
At the age of 20, Steve convinced his friend Stephen Wozniak to start a company. Their starting capital was less than $ 1,500. At this time, Steve Jobs had already decided on his life's work and devoted the next 10 years to work on a grandiose project.
Woz sold his calculator to build Apple, and Steve sold his old car.
In 1975, Jobs co-founded the successful computer technology corporation Apple Inc. He was actively involved in the management and development of the company's innovations. In 1977, Apple was valued at $ 5,300, and after 3 years its value reached 2 billion. At 25, Jobs had a fortune of $ 250 million.
By the age of 30, he and his companion had created the well-known Apple empire and was the creator of the Macintosh. But due to disagreements with the management team, he was fired from his own company.
Jobs described these events as a difficult time, but along with the difficulties, there were also positive moments in his life. He created NeXT, which later became part of Apple, and also became the founder of the popular Pixar animation studio.
But the most important event for him was his marriage to Lauren Powell, whose wedding took place in 1991. Jobs has four children: the eldest daughter from an unofficial marriage, a son and two daughters from a marriage to Powell.
At 35, Stephen returned to Apple Inc as CEO and incorporated his company, NeXT, into it. At the same time, for his work in the corporation, Steve Jobs received $ 1 a year. A similar pay model was later adopted by other entrepreneurs.
In 2000, Steve Jobs was recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most humble executive director, with a salary of only $ 1 per year.
Colleagues noted that Jobs is so persuasive and persistent that he can make you believe anything. Steve by force of will created his own reality and forced others to participate in it. This character trait in the company was given the term "reality distortion field", which was taken from the TV series about aliens. Like them, Stephen Jobs used the power of his thoughts to change reality.
