Apple's Steve Jobs

1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer

1984: Presents the Macintosh 128k personal computer

1985: Leaves Apple due to problems with other executives

1986: Founds animation studio Pixar

1997: Returns to Apple as chief executive

2001: Presents the iPod

2003: Apple launches iTunes

2004: Undergoes surgery to remove cancerous tumor from his pancreas

2007: Apple launches the iPhone

2009: Takes a six month break to undergo a liver transplant

2010: Apple launches the iPad

Aug 24, 2011: Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

Oct 5: Jobs dies in Palo Alto, California

Reuters