“I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

American businessman, inventor, and investor

Steve Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. He was a leading figure in the personal computer revolution and co-founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak. After leaving Apple in 1985, he founded NeXT and bought Pixar in 1986, later serving as its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. He returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO and remained closely involved in the development and promotion of many of the company’s major products until he resigned in 2011.