Hey everyone,
Some sad news to bring to you this evening. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple computers and former CEO, died this evening after a battle with pancreatic cancer, he was 56 years old. Jobs co-founded Apple Computers in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and released the first personal computer ever made, the Apple II. He immediately became a multimillionaire, and in 1984 was ousted from the company that he helped build. He then went into other businesses, founding NeXT Computers and in 1986, he acquired the computer graphics wing of Lucasfilm Ltd. which later became Pixar.
In 1996, Apple brought Jobs back on board, and became CEO the next year. He immediately started turning around the company's fortunes and in 2001, changed the music business as we know it forever with the invention known as the iPod. The iTunes Music Store was created two years later and completely revolutionized the way we listen and acquire music through the use of the iTunes software. In 2007, he revolutionized the mobile phone market with the advent of the iPhone and just last year, entered the tablet computing market with the hugely successful iPad. In 2004, he revealed that he was battling a form of prostate cancer and in 2009, announced that he secretly underwent a liver transplant in Memphis. He has taken three medical leaves in the past few years, but the company performed well in his absence and turned over full time duties to his successor, Tim Cook. This past August, he announced that he would resign his position as CEO and would be handing over the reigns to his successor, ending an era of Jobs at the helm of one of the most profitable technology companies in the world.
Steve Jobs was a true inspiration and pioneer not just in the field of electronics, but in the field of music. Without him, there wouldn't be much of a music business left and it wouldn't be able to survive. I want to thank him for all he's done to help music adapt to the digital age and has shown us that you can take the music with you whereever you go.
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