Steve Jobs passed away
On August 24, Jobs stepped down, stating that he could no longer meet his duties and expectations as Apple’s chief executive. Jobs was diagnosed with and treated for a rare type of pancreatic cancer in 2004, but he said the 2009 absence was not a resurgence of that cancer. He took an unexplained medical leave of absence in January.
The co-founder of Apple Inc, one of the world’s great entrepreneurs, was surrounded by his wife and immediate family
when he died in Palo Alto, California.
His death was announced by Apple and sparked an immediate outpouring of sadness and sympathy from world leaders, competitors and other businessmen including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Apple’s board also released its own statement.
We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the board said. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. “His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family.
Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts. John Lasseter, chief creative officer and Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, released their own joint statement. Jobs was chief executive at Pixar, the digital anaimation house that gave the world Cars, The Incredibles and Toy Story, before it was acquired by Disney in 2006. “Steve Jobs was an extraordinary visionary, our very dear friend and the guiding light of the Pixar family,” Lasseter and Catmull said. “He saw the potential of what Pixar could be before the rest of us, and beyond what anyone ever imagined.
Steve took a chance on us and believed in our crazy dream of making computer animated films; the one thing he always said was to simply ‘make it great.’ He is why Pixar turned out the way we did and his strength, integrity and love of life has made us all better people. He will forever be a part of Pixar’s DNA. Our hearts go out to his wife Laurene and their children during this incredibly difficult time.”
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