Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Stephen Jobs
     
         Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955).  The
        co-founder and ex-president of {Apple Computer}, leader of the
        team that produced the {Macintosh}.
     
        In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a
        demonstration of {Smalltalk} at {Xerox}'s {Palo Alto Research
        Center}.  He and other Apple employees were "very impressed
        with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design".
     
        The first {Macintosh} was released in January 1984.  Jobs
        described it as {insanely great}.
     
        Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded {Next, Inc.}.
        In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought
        NeXT.
     
        See also {lithium lick}, {Mathematica}.
     
        (1997-03-18)