| February 24, 1955 | Steve Jobs' Birth | Steve Jobs was born to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. He was adopted as a young infant by Paul and Clara Jobs |
| 1960 | Jobs Family Moved to Mountain View | In 1960, the Jobs family moved to Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California. Today, this is commonly called Silicon Valley. |
| 1968 | Job at HP | In 1968, 13-year-old Steve Jobs got his first job, working at Hewlett-Packard in the summer after speaking directly to Bob Hewlett. |
| 1969 | Met Steve Wozniak | At 14, Jobs met Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was five years older, but the two shared a love for electronics. |
| 1972 | Blue Boxes | Jobs and Wozniak build and sell illegal blue boxes, allowing users to make telephone calls for free. |
| 1973 | Reed College | Jobs enrolled at Reed College, but dropped out after a semester. He moved to a hippie commune after dropping out. Jobs later takes a job working for Atari. |
| March 1976 | Apple I | In 1976, Wozniak and Jobs show the first board for the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club. On April 1, Jobs, Wozniak and Ron Wayne incorporate as Apple Computer. |
| April 17, 1977 | Apple II | From a humble beginning in Jobs' garage, Apple Computer is continuing to grow. They show the Apple II at the West Coast Computer Fair. |
| December 12, 1980 | Apple Goes Public | Apple Computer entered the stock market in 1980, making Jobs, already successful, remarkably wealthy. |
| January 24, 1984 | Macintosh Introduced | In January 1984, Macintosh was introduced at the Apple Shareholders meeting. |
| September 17, 1985 | NeXT Founded | After a coup at Apple that stripped Jobs of executive responsibility, he, along with some other individuals from Apple, founded NeXT. |
| January 30, 1986 | Pixar | Jobs purchased the computer animation division of George Lucas' ILM and incorporates it as Pixar. |
| April 1989 | Entrepreneur of the Decade | As NeXT and Pixar grew, Jobs was named entrepreneur of the decade by Inc. Magazine. |
| May 1991 | Pixar Signed Deal with Disney | In May 1991, Pixar, now solely devoted to animation with no remaining hardware production, signed to produce a feature length film with Disney. The feature film, released several years later, is Toy Story. After the release of Toy Story, Pixar goes public, making Jobs a billionaire. |
| December 1996 | Apple Purchased NeXT | In December 1996, Apple purchased the NeXT operating system and brought Jobs back onboard as an advisor. He returns to his former role as CEO in July 1997. |
| October 23, 2001 | Release of the first iPod | The now successful Apple released the first iPod in 2001. Jobs had no idea how much it would change the company or technology. |
| 2003 | Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer(Fall 2003) | In the fall of 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but refused traditional medical treatments in favor of alternative therapies. He finally opts for surgery in August 2004. |
| January 9, 2007 | The iPhone | In January 2007, Jobs introduced the item most closely associated with Apple today: the iPhone. The iPhone 3G followed in 2008. |
| April 2009 | Liver Transplant | After taking a medical leave of absence, Jobs, only weeks from death, had a liver transplant. |
| 2010 | Release of iPad and iPhone 4 | In 2010, Jobs announced the release of the first tablet, the iPad, and an improved iPhone, the iPhone 4. |
| August 24, 2011 | Resigned | On August 24, 2011, Jobs resigned from Apple, handing the reigns to Tim Cook. His health had worsened. |
| October 5, 2011 | Death of Steve Jobs | Steve Jobs died at home on October 5, 2011, surrounded by his family. |
