2: His biological parents are two unmarried university students "Joanne Schieble and Syrian born Abdulfattah Jandali" who gave him up for adoption.
3: He was adopted by Paul & Clara Jobs working class Californian couple.
4: He was brought up in his adoptive parent's home in Silicon Valley, the hub of the US electronics industry.
5: His biological parents later married and had a daughter, Mona, who did not learn of her brother's existence until she was an adult.
6: His first job was with Hewlett Packard plant in Palo Alto where he work along side fellow student Steve Wozniak who later became his business partners.
7: He dropped out of college after one term.
8: Travel to India after raising enough money from his work with video game manufacturer Atari.
9: Return to US with a shaven head, wearing Indian robes and having experienced the effects of LSD; he was to remain a Buddhist and vegetarian throughout his life.
10: In 1976 Jobs pre-sold 50 of Wozniak's machines to a local computer store and, armed with a copy of the order, successfully persuaded an electronics distributor to let him have the components on credit.
11: Launch Apple 1, without having borrowed any money or given up a share of the business to anyone else.
12: He named the company after his favorite fruit "Apple"
13: Ploughed back profits from sales of Apple 1 into an improved version, the Apple II, which appeared at a Californian computer fair in 1977.
14: Steve Job, Mike Markkula & Steve Wozniak formed Apple Computer. With Mike Markkula providing $250, 000 guarantee load for the development of Apple II.
15: Apple II, achieved sales in excess of six million before production ended in 1993.
Ousted from Apple.
16: He was ousted from the company due to internal power struggle, downturn in sales, and a growing resentment at what many employees saw as Jobs' autocratic style.
17: He founded NeXT Computer in 1985 and a year later bought Graphics Group from the Star Wars director, George Lucas.
18: He renamed NeXT Computer to "Pixar" a company that produce extremely expensive computer animation hardware which was used by a number of film makers, including Disney.
19: Pixar breakthrough came in 1995 with the film Toy Story, which went on to gross more than $350 million worldwide, and was followed by other successes including A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc.
20: A year later, Job returned he founded as Chief Executive Officer after Apple paid more than $400 million for NeXT computer.
21: In 2001, launched iPOD to satisfied the demand for music on the move and immediately became a style icon with its sleek design and distinctive white ear phones.
22: To drive his new machine Jobs also launched iTunes, allowing customers to download music from the internet and create their own play lists.
23: In 2003 Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, rejecting the idea of surgery, set about finding alternative therapy, including a special diet. He finally underwent surgery in 2004 having kept his illness secret from all but a small handful of Apple insiders.
24: He became Walt Disney Company's biggest shareholder In 2005 after Disney paid $7 billion worth of stock to buy Pixar from him.
25: Two years later, Jobs introduced the iPhone to a legion of customers, many of whom had queued for hours at their local Apple store.
26: In 2008 Job launched the ultra thin Macbook Air.
27: Early 2009, he announced that he was taking a six month break to cope with what was described as a "hormonal imbalance."
28: Underwent a liver transplant, with his doctors announcing that the prognosis was "excellent." In April of the same year.
29: In Jan 2011, Apple announced that Jobs would taking a leave of absence for health reasons.
30: Steve Jobs showed little inclination to use his personal wealth for philanthropic purposes.
31: He also does not embrace environmental concerns with Apple coming under fire from Greenpeace for its reluctance to produce easily recyclable products.
32: Steve Jobs was a man who had total belief in his own abilities and a shortage of patience for anyone who failed to agree with him.
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