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| Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Image Courtesy: Apple |
Steve Jobs – perhaps you have heard the name, the mind behind the legendary corporation – Apple, Inc. Perhaps we would never have tasted the innovations of Apple, if Steve Jobs were not there. After his premature death, his life has now become a true myth and an inspiration for many aspiring entrepreneurs. We are all aware of his childhood prodigies – how he, a college dropout impressed the founder of Hewlett-Packard at a very early age, fled to India, and afterwards became the world’ most successful technocrat.
However, today I’m not going to discuss those that everybody knows. Did you know that this computer genius and one of the greatest thinkers of all time had a controversial birth? Life hasn't always been easy for Steve Jobs.
Jobs was the first child of two University of Wisconsin graduates, speech therapist, Joanne Simpson and Syrian political science professor, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali. It was unfortunate that Steve Jobs was an unwanted child, and therefore shortly before their marriage; they left Jobs in an orphanage. By the time Steve was born, it was supposed that an attorney and his wife were going to adopt the child. However, soon the couples changed their minds.
Finally, Steve was adopted by Clara, an accountant and Paul Jobs, a machinist and ex Coast Guard. They named the boy – Steven Paul Jobs, who we a few days ago knew as Steve Jobs, the founder of the world’ most successful corporation – Apple.
Just imagine what if Joanne Simpson had aborted the child! What would the world be like if Steve Jobs had never existed!
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