Steve Jobs dies: a Buddhist visionary who, though rich, loved work
For seven years he was ill with cancer. He transformed the world of computers and communications. He possessed six billion dollars, but continued to work. The meaning of death and of fragility was the driving force behind his efforts. To the students at Stanford he said: Don't settle.
San Francisco (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Steve Jobs, the man who, with his inventions, transformed the world of computers, music, mobile phones, died yesterday at the age of 56 of pancreatic cancer, which he had been fighting for seven years. The news of his death spread instantly around the globe and Asian sites abounded with news services and photos of his life.
In a statement, Apple - which Jobs co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976 - said that his "brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all our lives." U.S. President Barack Obama called him "brave enough to think differently; bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it... The world has lost a visionary."
Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to a pair of college students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah "John" Jandal, a Syrian immigrant. But he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, who gave him the name Steve Paul Jobs.
In 1975 he launches Apple, which has its ups and downs, but in the 80 affirms itself with its computers with a mouse and an iconography anyone can learn. Jobs immediately becomes a billionaire. In '85 Apple sends him away, but in '97 calls him back and in 2000 he is once again CEO of the company.
His inventions - while he was away from Apple - include a new way of making animated films (Pixar), but it is above all with the iPhone and iPad that he makes his mark, revolutionizing the world of communication, transforming the phone into a computer in your pocket.
According to Forbes, Jobs' net worth was about billion. Yet he never stopped working and creating, even while battling cancer in recent years.
In 2005, speaking at the inauguration of the academic year at Stanford University, Jobs said: "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
Discreet about his life and always going against the current - with his jeans and sweaters - Jobs professed himself a Buddhist. Some years ago, already marked by the illness that would lead to his death, he explained that the driving force for his efforts was the sense of death. "Remembering 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 - all these things fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. "
In a statement, Apple - which Jobs co-founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976 - said that his "brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all our lives." U.S. President Barack Obama called him "brave enough to think differently; bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it... The world has lost a visionary."
Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to a pair of college students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah "John" Jandal, a Syrian immigrant. But he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, who gave him the name Steve Paul Jobs.
In 1975 he launches Apple, which has its ups and downs, but in the 80 affirms itself with its computers with a mouse and an iconography anyone can learn. Jobs immediately becomes a billionaire. In '85 Apple sends him away, but in '97 calls him back and in 2000 he is once again CEO of the company.
His inventions - while he was away from Apple - include a new way of making animated films (Pixar), but it is above all with the iPhone and iPad that he makes his mark, revolutionizing the world of communication, transforming the phone into a computer in your pocket.
According to Forbes, Jobs' net worth was about billion. Yet he never stopped working and creating, even while battling cancer in recent years.
In 2005, speaking at the inauguration of the academic year at Stanford University, Jobs said: "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
Discreet about his life and always going against the current - with his jeans and sweaters - Jobs professed himself a Buddhist. Some years ago, already marked by the illness that would lead to his death, he explained that the driving force for his efforts was the sense of death. "Remembering 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 - all these things fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. "
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