The man who changed the world for the better, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away today. He made technology cool, accessible, and fun, but his journey that brought him to an estimated worth of $8.3 billion wasn't an easy one. Here are some interesting facts about the fiercely private man from San Francisco with an insatiable drive for success and an ability to create and improve on truly genius concepts.
1) Apple is one of many inventions: Jobs is listed as either primary inventor or co-inventor in 338 US patents or patent applications related to a range of technologies from actual computer and portable devices to user interfaces (including touch-based), speakers, keyboards, power adapters, staircases, clasps, sleeves, lanyards and packages.
3) He didn't graduate from college: Steve Jobs attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after 6 months. A year later he co-founded Apple.
4) He enjoyed LSD: After dropping out of college, Jobs traveled to India, became a Buddhist, and experimented with the psychedelic drug LSD. Steve describes his LSD experiences as "one of the two or three most important things he has done in his life."
5) He's a Buddhist: He was such a hardcore Zen Buddhist that he almost thought about joining a monastery and becoming a monk. He was married in a Buddhist tradition by a Zen monk who was his own personal guru.
6) He dated Dianne Keaton and Joan Baez: Before marrying his wife Laurene Powell in 1991. Steve dated Diane and Joan. He also fathered a child with a woman named Chrisann Brennan but denied paternity, claiming he was sterile. He later fessed up to being the baby daddy.
7) He co-founded Pixar: Steve Jobs purchased Pixar for $5million in 1986 and gave the company an additional $5 million to experiment with animation. Jobs is also one of the people responsible for the sale of Pixar to Disney nearly 20 years later.
8) His Stanford commencement speech was one of the most inspirational: Although Jobs dropped out of school, he was invited to give the commencement speech at Standford in 2005. He urged students to go into a life of work doing something that they loved. He also mentioned his health scare, stating that he hoped he would not come close to facing death for many more decades.
9) He was fired from Apple: Steve created Apple at the age of 20 out of his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniak. He and Steve had a falling out as he turned 30 and he was fired. Jobs said it was the best thing to ever happen to him. "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again," he once said.
10) He doesn't eat meat: The only meat Steve Jobs eats is fish. He also eats eggs and dairy and anything else a vegetarian would eat.
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