A Interview At Stanford Business School

Steve Jobs was like the Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and the Albert Einstein of our time.  He not only innovated personal computing, but personal media and communication, iTunes which became one of the most popular music and video retailers and Pixar which was one of his side projects had become one of the greatest animation digital movie creators and software. But all that is a just part of the list of his legacy, because in the end he still left behind Apple which is world’s most valuable company, which is valued at $350 Billion Dollars.

Steve Jobs then returned to Apple as a special consultant after being gone from the company for almost twelve years (Apple Computer, Inc. History). Taking a closer look at the chief executive officers over Apple’s history will give us an even closer look at Apple as a company throughout its history.

Without Jobs, Apple was falling apart. In 1996, Apple agrees to buy NeXT for more than $400 million. Apple didn’t buy just NeXT, but they also bought Steve Jobs back. Jobs became the chief executive and Apple’s a multi-billion dollar company thanks to products like the iMac and iPods. Jobs said, “Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. Blumenthal says, “ In an almost unbelievable way, the dots had connected again. Jobs had been thrown out of Apple, started a company that struggled, and then sold that company to Apple, his first love, where he was now in charge. Of course, none of it would have happened had he not been fired” (197).

Steve Jobs on the other hand has a very innovative leadership style; he was a perfectionist who had the courage to change his mind. Steve was a very unconventional leader, he was very `high-maintenance’ who demanded excellence from his staff and was known for his

Their daughters name was Lisa Marie.it wasn’t long before their wedding vows started to fall apart in the 1970s. the two short term lovers divorced in 1973. The custody of their daughter, Lisa Marie, was left to Priscilla. (biography)

Steve Jobs did not have the easiest life journey, having been fired from the company he started, Apple, in 1985. But he did not end there. Steve Jobs came out of the stressful situation and became CEO and the majority shareholder of the well-known, successful company called Pixar. Jobs made a good thing come out of a bad situation and made the best out of something. As well as Ebert, Steve Jobs realized the value of his life and made everyday as if it was his last.

In 1988 when jobs announced the future computer, caused a excited. The second year began to sales, computer finally failed. The ability of jobs, move in media began to fail him, a series of things that companies get into trouble. Because of the presence of relatively small software running, so then, it has been difficult to attract customers. "Jobs was fired the board of directors, in 1996 the second back to apple.

Professor Juma is the Associate Professor of Management for Washburn’s School of Business. She presides over classes such International Business and Strategic Management ("Norma Juma”). She was a very good choice for my interview since she is a professor for the School of Business and I plan on pursuing a degree with the School of Business. I could have picked any of the qualified faculty members of the school, but Professor Juma stood out to me in many aspects. The fact that she taught upper level division courses was very intriguing to me, but also because she was a woman in a predominantly male taught sector of the school. The fact that she was also was born in Kenya and pursued her BBA and MBA in India was even more of a reason to choose her as my interviewee ("Norma Juma”). Her many different experiences she has gained through the years is something I could not have talked about with another professor.

That year also marked the end of Leblanc's marriage to Melissa Knight, whom he married in 2003. The union resulted in one child for the couple, a daughter named Marina.

• Later, Jobs managed to get John Sculley (the CEO of Pepsi-Cola) to become Apple’s CEO.

In the article “The Steve Jobs Way” (2012) by Jon Katzenbach. The author talks about steve’s way of running apple. How he ran apple expecting nothing, but the best out of everyone working there. How his way of running apple differs from other CEOs. Steve got legions of employees and customers to follow apple and its inventions.

he left apple in 1985 to begin NeXT. Jobs was a very smart person to be able to start so many companies and

He has crossed all the levels of leadership and become the top managers in the world .He was intensely focused when committed, brave enough to take risky leaps, and charismatic enough to enlist legions of employees and clients in the constant objective of his aspirations. When Steve Jobs formed Apple in 1997 and the company was in financial crisis, he knew exactly how to get rid of almost all but a few of key products and projects that matched his vision. The way he stood by his vision inspired his employees and granted great respect from his business partners and

In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple as an advisory and with the purposes of reshaping the product line. The changes made by Jobs resulted in increased sales and $309 million in profits. Job changed the mindset of Apples management and development team. He encourage them to have the “think different” management style that promotes the development of products that are ahead of the technology and design curve, and a creative retail strategy. It is this strategy that would eventually make Apple the best-selling company in the PC industry.

In its infancy, Apple Computer Inc. began with the Macintosh personal computer. The company was founded on April 1, 1976. The founders were Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs. They incorporated the company in 1977, on January 3rd, in Cupertino, California. In the twenty years that followed, the company produced personal computers. Besides the Macintosh, Apple Inc. made Apple II, and the Power Mac lines. Although they lasted for decades, during the 90’s the company experienced some turbulent times with low sales and market share. Steve Jobs left Apple Inc. and came back in 1996 when his company, NeXT was purchased by Apple. In 1997, Jobs became the interim CEO. In later years it became a permanent position for him.