Monday, October 10, 2011

Steve Jobs, The Man Who Made Apple


“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
--- Steven Jobs (1955 – 2011)


Steven Paul Jobs, atau yang lebih populer dipanggil Steve Jobs, lahir di San Francisco, California, Amerika Serikat, 24 Februari 1955. Pendiri Apple sekaligus orang di belakang terciptanya iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPad, iPhone dan terakhir iCloud itu, meninggal dunia di Palo Alto, California, Amerika Serikat, dalam usia 56 tahun pada hari Rabu, 5 Oktober 2011. Jobs mendirikan Apple Computer pada tahun 1976 bersama teman masa kecilnya, Steve Wozniak. Ia menjual apa yang dianggap sebagai komputer personal pertama di dunia, Apple II.

Steve Jobs adalah seorang tokoh bisnis dan inovator yang fenomenal. Hal ini jika dilihat bagaimana Steve Jobs mulai merintis dan mendirikan perusahaan komputer Apple, kemudian walau sempat dipecat, dia lalu kembali lagi pada masa-masa suram Apple, hingga mampu memberikan inovasi baru kepada Apple melalui produk-produk unggulan yang bermutu tinggi, yang akhirnya mengantarkan Apple kembali berjaya.


Selain sebagai pendiri Apple, ia adalah pimpinan dan mantan CEO Apple Inc. Sebelumnya, Jobs juga menjabat sebagai pejabat eksekutif Pixar Animation Studios. Ia menjadi anggota dewan direktur The Walt Disney Company tahun 2006, setelah Pixar diambil alih oleh Disney. Namanya dicantumkan sebagai produser eksekutif dalam film animasi populer tahun 1995, Toy Story.

Pada akhir 1970-an, Jobs, bersama pendiri Apple lainnya, Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, merancang, mengembangkan, dan memasarkan sebuah produk komputer pribadi pertama di dunia yang sukses secara komersial, yaitu seri Apple II. Pada awal 1980-an, Jobs termasuk orang yang pertama kali melihat potensi komersial dari pengguna antarmuka grafis yang digerakkan tetikus (mouse) PARC Xerox yang kemudian mendorong pembuatan Macintosh.


Setelah kalah melawan keputusan dewan direktur tahun 1984, Jobs mengundurkan diri dari Apple dan mendirikan NeXT, sebuah perusahaan pengembangan platform komputer yang berkecimpung dalam pasar pendidikan tinggi dan bisnis. Pembelian NeXT oleh Apple pada tahun 1996 membawa kembali Jobs ke perusahaan yang ia dirikan bersama, dan ia menjabat sebagai CEO-nya sejak 1997 hingga 2011.

Tahun 1986, ia mengambil alih divisi grafis komputer Lucasfilm Ltd yang kemudian ia jadikan Pixar Animation Studios. Ia menjadi CEO dan pemegang saham terbesar perusahaan ini hingga akhirnya diambil alih oleh The Walt Disney Company tahun 2006. Karena itu pula Jobs menjadi pemegang saham perorangan terbesar di Disney dan sekaligus anggota Dewan Direktur Disney. Pada tanggal 24 Agustus 2011, konon karena alasan kesehatan, Jobs mengumumkan pengunduran dirinya dari jabatannya sebagai CEO Apple.

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