Steve Jobs, the former chief executive of Apple died at the age of 56, leaving a gap in the world of technology which will be hard to fill. It is not often in modern society that one still gets a pioneer that makes inroads in the world of science and technology, but he was rather successful at it. Steve Jobs suffered from pancreatic cancer for the past seven years before taking a final resting place in history.

Media Responses To His Death

Apple responded to his death with a statement of his brilliance, energy and passion that have led to the development of numerous innovations used by millions of people today. Barrack Obama, President of the United States also commented on the death of Steve by recognizing the visionary and bright innovator that he was and being one of the few persons that has been able to shape the future through innovation. Not only did the USA lose a visionary, but the whole world is one genius short because of his death.

Steve Jobs was a rather private person, which made him more unique because in the modern world where private and public lives are intermingled, he managed to keep his apart. Apple has shown respect to him by lowering flags to half mast outside their headquarters in California. Even company supporters have left tributes to him around Apple offices and shops worldwide.

Even opposition companies have come out to show their support to the family of Steve Jobs with Bill Gates acknowledging the profound influence that Jobs had on technology and how generations from today will still benefit because of his innovations.

Samsung in Korea, another competitor, remarked on the revolutionary changes brought about by Steve and the accomplishments which will be recorded in history books. Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook also came out in support by stating that the digital world is a light short with the passing of Jobs.

Dan Farber of CBS News described him as charismatic and one that did not fit the mould of innovators. He was accordingly not the type to fiddle with codes, but more of an orchestrator, one that would lead and put resources together for the crafting of the most innovative products used today.

His Technological Contributions Are Far Reaching

Steve Jobs will be remembered for his introduction of revolutionary technology including the iMac PC, iPhone, and iPad as well as the much loved iPod. He helped develop one of the largest companies in the world and leave behind a legacy of a company that is now the most valuable technology firm globally. Apple has a market value estimated at more than 350 bn US dollars.

Steve was the face of the company for a long time and his influence was more than just technology based. His keen sense of business, ability to communicate at high level, and his creative thought processes have steered the company to become a giant in the world of technology.

Battle Against Cancer

He had a liver transplant five years after the announcement of his illness and had to take medical leave in January. A few months later he resigned as CEO. He was followed up by Tim Cook as CEO. When he resigned he stated that Apple’s days of innovation are not over and are just starting. He planned on monitoring and contributing to the company’s future success and did not resign as chairman of Apple.

Private Life

He began life as an adopted child to a middle worker class family in the USA. He began his technology driven career at Hewlett-Packard while he was still a school going child. He moved on to replace the summer job with a work at Atari. College was started upon completion of school, but six months later, Jobs decided that travelling would be better and exchanged college life for a trip to India where he found religious inspiration in Buddhism.

His Relationship With Apple

He returned to the world of technology with the launching of the current day giant Apple with a friend named Steve Wozniak back in the seventies. He sold his first Apple Mac in the same year as founding the company, which was in 1976. He steered the company until 1985 when he left because of a dispute. Steve returned again after just over ten years and within a year became the CEO of Apple Mac.

Ousting of 1985 Was The Best Thing

He mentioned that the ousting in 1985 was one of the best things that could have happened to him because the pressure of success was replaced by a creativeness that would not have been, had it not happened.

His return to Apple has been seen as a saving grace for the company, thought to be something of the past. Apple, benefitted greatly from his return which was also characterised by a period of numerous new innovations, placing the company in the lead again. Technological innovations with the likes of iPad have made Apple the technological giant it is today.

Between 1985 and 1996

In the period between 1985 and 1996, Steve bought Pixar and married Laurene in 1991 with whom he would have three children. He also leaves a daughter from a relationship prior to Laurene. By 2010 he had succeeded in building tremendous personal wealth with a value estimated at more than 8 bn US dollars.

His Legacy

Even if a person is not Apple user you must still acknowledge that without the innovations brought about through Steve, the world would have been technologically less superior today. Apple is the company that changed the way people respond to gadgets and technology.

Steve Jobs has written history with his revolutionary designs and innovative business leading of the current giant of the digital technology and although many have never used Apple, they too benefit from the unique innovations which have shaped communication and the office work as well as entertainment of today.