Steve
Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg
Steve Jobs
Born
in 1955, Steve Paul jobs lived between then and 2011. Jobs is the founder of
one of the world’s leading company Apple Inc. being an American, he was a
committed entrepreneur, inventor and surveyor of market trends. Today, his
memory lives in the world and he is considered a charismatic leader in the
personal computing revolution industry. Steve influenced to a great extent the
consumer field of electronics. His inventions led to the integration of the
computer industry with that of the smartphones. Furthermore the developments in
the music and video technologies that individuals enjoy today are part of his
developments. Other than just being the founding father of Apple Inc., Jobs
also contributed in the formation of the Pixar Animation Studios where he
served as a chief executive officer. In 2006, Pixar was acquired by Disney
pictures but this did not sideline the role of Jobs as he joined the company’s
board of directors. In conjunction, this led to the invention of a graphical
user interface mouse known as Xerox PARC. It was through the invention of this
technology that Jobs developed the Macintosh and the Apple Lisa.
Jobs
was focused in the education and business sectors of the economy. His
entrepreneur character enabled him to acquire Lacasfilm in 1986 and despite
setbacks and inability to deliver an Apple operating system on time, he is
credited for salvaging the company from bankruptcy in 1998. He is remembered and accredited for the conception
and development of the Apples I series ranging from iMac, iTunes, iPod, and the
iPad. These models of electronics have changed how technology works as they are
coupled with other services such as the App store, the iTunes store and the
Apple retail store. It is through the success of this products and services
that Apple is among the leading companies in the United States and world over.
Mark Zuckerberg
Born
in 1984 in the white plains of New York, Zuckerberg has defied the odds of
entrepreneurship and rose to be among the world’s leading entrepreneurs and
innovative individuals. Emerging from a family of four, he has changed the face
of technology and interaction. He was raised as a Jew but latter converted to
atheism. Zuckerberg is an internet entrepreneur whose investment in social
media has revolutionized the way people interact, conduct business and
communicate. He is the cofounder of the global leading social media site
Facebook. With skills in computer programming, he has horned his skills in
Harvard University and as of 2003, with the help of his friends he launched
Facebook a social networking site from the confines of his dormitory room. The growth of the site was limited at the
time by soon it gained speed as he introduced it to other campuses. As of 2007,
at the age of only 23, he moved the servers of the site to California and appeared
to be among the most successful investors in social media.
The
steady growth and worldwide acceptance of the site saw it reaching a maximum of
one billion active users as of 2012. There were legal disputes in the company
with claims of other stakeholders involved in the development of the site.
Currently, Zuckerberg is ranked as the one of the most influential individuals
in the world. According to Steve Jobs, he admired the enthusiasm of Zuckerberg
and predicted he will be among the leading inventors in the technology sector.
Recently he acquired Whatsapp a mobile phone social connection media. This is
in addition of former acquisition of Instagram. Today, Zuckerberg is ranked by
the Forbes Magazine as among the top hundred richest people in the world.
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