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Unheard Facts of iGod
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 08 October 2011, 00:22 IST
Bangalore: Hardly hours following the launch of the newest iPhone, the man in the wake of the breakthrough device bids farewell to the world.Steve Jobs, an inscrutable figure and a man par excellence, was battling with pancreatic cancer, a disease that ultimately claimed him on Wednesday, at the age of 56.
Drawing Inspiration from death, he had remarked, "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
While the CEO and co-founder of Apple headed most interviews away from the public fascination with his private life, there's plenty we know about Jobs the person, beyond the Mac and the iPhone. The man is extensively recognized for single-handedly saving the drowning Apple Inc., revolutionizing the music industry, creating an unbeatable smartphone and setting up the world's most successful animation studio, Pixar.
Without Jobs not being there, things at Apple and in the world will by no means be the same. Amongst all the follow-up which is occurring all across the world after his demise, let's chat about some lesser-known facts about the iGod.
Childhood
Born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955, Jobs was adopted soon after his birth and reared near Mountain View, California by a couple named Clara and Paul Jobs. His adoptive father was said to be a machinist for a laser company and his mother worked as an accountant.
Later, Jobs sights the identities of his alienated parents., Joanne Simpson, his birth mother, was a graduate student at the time and later a speech pathologist; his biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, was a Syrian Muslim who left the country at age 18 and supposedly now serves as the vice president of a Reno, Nevada casino. While Jobs reconnected with Simpson in later years, he and his biological father remained alienated.
