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18 Surprising Facts About Steve Jobs

October 2, 2016

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Explore the 18 Surprising Facts about Steve Jobs but before you read further let me introduce you to Steve Jobs. Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman, chief executive officer of Apple Inc.; CEO and largest shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios, and founder and chairman of NEXT Inc.

1Steve was adopted child who never met his biological father

Steve Jobs was adopted. His biological father was Abdulfattah Jandali, a Syrian Muslim. This is one of the most surprising facts about Steve Jobs.

2Steve Jobs Never Wrote Computer Code For Apple

Steve Jobs never wrote a single line of programming code. One of the very weird facts about Steve Jobs.

3Steve Jobs was having Dyslexia

Yes, Steve Jobs was dyslexic.

4It’s Always 9:41 on the iPhones

Every Apple iPhone ad displays the time as 9:41 AM, the time Steve Jobs unveiled it in 2007.

5Steve Jobs Has won 141 Patents Since His Death

Steve Jobs was awarded 141 new patents since his death.

6Steve Dropped The First iPod Prototype Into An Aquarium

When the first prototype of Apple’s iPod was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.

7Steve gifted his secretary Jaguar because she was coming late

A secretary once told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start. That afternoon, Jobs threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar, saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”

18 Surprising Facts About Steve Jobs

10Steve Jobs had no college degree

Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, all of them had no college degree.

11Steve Jobs kept letter from rival Bill Gates next to his deathbed

Bill Gates wrote rival Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed.

12Apple CEO Tim Cook Tried Giving Steve Jobs His Liver

Steve Jobs turned down a partial liver transplant from now Apple-CEO Tim Cook 2 years before dying of cancer.

13Steve Jobs denied paternity on his first child

Steve Jobs denied paternity on his first child, Lisa, claiming he was sterile.

14Steve once called Google to tell that their logo wasn’t quite right

Steve Jobs once called Google to tell them the yellow gradient in the second “O” of their logo wasn’t quite right.

15Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave.

Yes, Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave.

16When Steve Jobs took #0 Position in Apple

When Apple began designating employee numbers, Steve Jobs was offended that Wozniak received #1 while he got #2. He believed he should be second to no one, so he took #0 instead.

17Apple computer sells for record US$905K in NY

A rare Apple-1 computer built in Steve Jobs’ garage in the summer of 1976 was sold at an auction in 2014 for US$905,000 in New York, US.

18Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent

Steve Jobs did not let his kids use iPads and limited their use of technology to a minimum.