Date of Birth: February 24th, 1955.

Location of Birth: San Francisco, CA. 

Date of Death: October 5th, 2011.

Location of Death: Palo Alto, CA.

Steve Jobs was born to his biological parents, Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali, who put him up for adoption at birth when he was adopted by his non-biological parents Paul and Clara Jobs. 

Do you own an Iphone? A Macbook? Well, you can thank Steve Jobs for being able to own one! Steve Jobs is the founder of Apple, he created the Iphone, Ipad, Ipod, Macbook, etc. Steve used his intelligence and love for electronics to create his company. However, his journey to get to where he was certainly wasn't easy for him! 

Steve's background: Steve's non-biological parents raised him since birth. Paul and Clara were a middle-lower class couple who moved to the Suburban City of Mountain View a couple months after he was born and adopted. He was raised in Cupertino, California, now Silicon Valley. He eventually met his biological sister and mother later in life. His adoptive family was not wealthy. As a child Steve loved reading, swimming, music, and jokes. He spent a lot of time building electronics. He had one biological sister, mona. And 2 biological cousins. He had one unbiological sister, Patti.

Childhood Education! 

- Steve learned to read from his mom at the young age of 3

- Went to Monta Loma Elementary, was  a troublemaker and often would stir up trouble

- His test scores were in fact two grades higher, so he indeed skipped one grade

- His parents only let him skip one grade instead of two grades. 

Middle School: 

~At the Age of eleven, he started at Crittenden Middle School 

 ~He was unfortunately bullied during middle school. 

~After the ongoing bullying at Crittenden Middle, his parents moved to Cupertino and he attended Cupertino Middle. 

~Him and his neighbor both shared the love for electronics and would work with them in his neighbor's garage after school.

~At his new middle school, he joined competitive swimming and the Hewlett-Packard Club

High School: 

He attended Cupertino High School, then later transferred to Homestead High School. 

He made a friend named, Bill Hernandez during high school, 

He and Bill shared the same interests with technology and electronics!

He was able to take his first computer class at his new high school. 

Post High School: 

* Steve went on to attend Reed College in 1972, where he only stayed for 6 months

* He dropped out and transferred to De Anza College for two semesters. 

* He never earned a degree and instead partnered with his neighbor Steve Wozniak, and went on to produce a series of user-friendly computers. 

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak went onto founding the company, Apple. 

In 1976, the company was a world leader in telecommunications. 

He started releasing the Ipad, Ipod, Iphone, and computers. 

He led the country in groundbreaking products! 

Unfortunately, 

Steve is no longer alive, however his creativity, determination, and passion lives on throughout his company. 

Next time you open your phone/Ipad, think about how this wouldn't have been possible without Steve!