Steven Paul "
Steve"
Jobs (; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of
Apple Inc.; CEO and largest shareholder of
Pixar Animation Studios; a member of
The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and founder, chairman, and CEO of
NeXT Inc. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the
microcomputer revolution of the 1970s, along with Apple co-founder
Steve Wozniak. Shortly after his death, Jobs's official biographer,
Walter Isaacson, described him as the "creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing."