Steve Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 October 5, 2011) was an famous American businessman, inventor, and industrial designer. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Companys board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobss officia