Facts about Steve Jobs

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   Jobs underwent surgery in 2004 to remove a neuroendocrine tumor from his pancreas, a rare cancer he initially treated with diet and alternative medicine before conventional intervention.

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2. 05

   Pixar's 1995 release of Toy Story, which Jobs funded and shepherded as majority shareholder, grossed $373 million worldwide and launched the computer animation industry.

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3. 04

   At age 21, Jobs and Wozniak founded Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, assembling the first Apple I computers in Jobs's parents' garage in Los Altos, California.

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   Apple's 2001 launch of the iPod with a 5GB hard drive and FireWire connection revolutionized portable music and generated $2 billion in revenue within four years.

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5. 02

   During 1985, Steve Jobs was forced out as Apple's chief executive by board chairman John Sculley, whom Jobs had personally recruited two years earlier.

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6. 01

   In 1997, Apple's board approved a $150 million investment from Microsoft, a move that saved the struggling company from bankruptcy.

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