Steve Jobs: The Rise and Fall at Apple
An Insight Into How Steve Jobs Founded Apple and the Controversial Way He Was Fired From His Own Company.
On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. The company’s first product was the Apple I, which was built in Steve's garage. Steve Jobs was so passionate about the company that he wanted to revolutionize personal computers. He aimed to transform the dull, ugly computers of that time into beautiful and gorgeous machines. Steve Jobs had a vision that Apple Computer could change the world.
“Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world , are the ones”
- Steve Jobs
Four years after the foundation of Apple Computer Inc., on December 12, 1980, the company went public at $22 per share, generating the greatest capital that any IPO had achieved at that time. This made them billionaires overnight.
Steve Jobs wanted someone to market the Mac, so he hired John Sculley on April 8, 1983, who could apply his marketing skills to the personal computer market. John Sculley was then appointed as CEO
Steve Jobs famously asked him “ Do You Want To Sell Sugar Water For Rest Of Your Life Or Change The World ? ”
After two products, the Macintosh and the Lisa, failed to meet sales expectations, there was a massive clash between Steve Jobs and then-CEO John Sculley. John Sculley and Arthur Rock conspired with other board members, which led to Steve Jobs getting fired from his own company. On September 16, 1985, Steve Jobs officially departed from Apple.