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Happy 52nd birthday, Steve Jobs!
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 10:10 PM EST

Happy Birthday, Steve! Today is Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs' 52nd birthday. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955.

Steve Jobs was a college dropout when he teamed up with Steve Wozniak in 1976 to sell personal computers assembled in Jobs' garage. That was the beginning of Apple Computer, which revolutionized the computing industry and made Jobs a multimillionaire before he was 30 years old. He was forced out of the company in 1985 and started the NeXT Corporation, but returned to his old company in 1996 when Apple bought NeXT. Jobs soon became Apple's chief executive officer and sparked a resurgence in the company with products like the colorful iMac computer and the iPod music player. Jobs was also the CEO of Pixar, the animation company responsible for movies like Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. Pixar was purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock; the deal made Jobs the largest individual shareholder of Disney stock.

Some sources list Los Altos, California as Jobs's place of birth. However, in a 1995 oral history interview with The Smithsonian, Jobs said, "I was born in San Francisco, California, USA, planet Earth, February 24, 1955." Jobs was given up for adoption after birth and raised by his adoptive parents in Silicon Valley... His biological sister is novelist Mona Simpson, author of "Anywhere But Here."


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Feb 24, 07 - 10:19 pm Comment from: CheekyGit

Happy birthday, Steve!!!!

Feb 24, 07 - 10:20 pm Comment from: NickBob

Happy Jobsmas, everyone!

Feb 24, 07 - 10:20 pm Comment from: SpinDoctor

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!

Can we have Leopard Now!

=)

Feb 24, 07 - 10:21 pm Comment from: woof-x

Steve was born in a manger. In San Francisco.

Feb 24, 07 - 10:27 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

That old guy is nine years younger than I am? You'd think he led a tough life, or something! Must be his diet. Not enough humble pie.
Happy Birthday, old man ... and, as SpinDoctor says, where's my Leopard???

DLMeyer - the Voice of G.L.Horton's Stage Page

Feb 24, 07 - 10:32 pm Comment from: Chris

Happy Birthday my hero Steve Jobs... and THANK YOU for everything you do. Its importance is not lost.

Feb 24, 07 - 10:39 pm Comment from: Nuclear Kid

Crazy as it sounds, I read somewhere that he was actually born in Milwaukee. "Baxter, is that you? Bark twice if you're in Milwaukee." smile

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Feb 24, 07 - 10:45 pm Comment from: kriskkalu

Happy Birthday Steve Jobs.

I wonder if Bill Gates gets this free nice birthday wishes.

Feb 24, 07 - 11:00 pm Comment from: WiseGuy

Jobs was given up for adoption after birth and raised by his adoptive parents in Silicon Valley...

I'm sure his real parent$ are kicking themselves in the a$$$ right now.

Feb 24, 07 - 11:16 pm Comment from: Nick

Look here for far more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

His biological father is Syrian, interesting.

Feb 24, 07 - 11:18 pm Comment from: I HATE DELL

Happy Birthday Mr. Steve Jobs,
Thanks for eveything about Apple, NOW finish the job with mircosoft and dell. Push that final thrush of the sword in to the hearts of the PC world. Take them out, like turnning off a light switch

like the MDN magic word say needed

THEY NEEDED BAD

Feb 24, 07 - 11:38 pm Comment from: iMaki

He's brought a lot of joy to my life, and I'm grateful for it. I wish him good health and happiness. May he live another 52 years.

Feb 25, 07 - 12:35 am Comment from: matt

happy bday steve. keep on pushin' apple in the right direction.

Feb 25, 07 - 12:59 am Comment from: Jack A

Happy Birthday Steve, here's hoping you enjoy the next 52 as much as you did the first.

Feb 25, 07 - 01:13 am Comment from: NEA / AFT

Happy Birthday, Steve from the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. tongue laugh

Feb 25, 07 - 01:31 am Comment from: Facts

Happy Birthday, Steve.

Thank you for your strength, for your wish to make this world a better place, to fight against those who only wish to make money, mocking people with bad products, without a soul.

Keep rocking, for the good of all of us.

MW "not" as in "I am NOT a Windows user, thank God"

Feb 25, 07 - 02:01 am Comment from: Harry

Steve made himself a beautiful Job, congratulations !

Feb 25, 07 - 02:08 am Comment from: ApplePi

Thanks for making my work a happy place to be Steve. here's to another good year or health and different thinking smile

-Pi

Feb 25, 07 - 02:36 am Comment from: Less is More

Steven Paul Jobs (name has a nice ring to it) - you are a monster!

Of Innovation.

You part an ocean of mediocrity to tame excellence.

Well done, son!

Feb 25, 07 - 04:26 am Comment from: Macaday

You know what...we are all stark raving bonkers.

But, is there any other public figure, let alone business leader, that gets customers wishing them a happy birthday?

Feb 25, 07 - 04:51 am Comment from: sprinkle

2:45 AM, Apple store showing "We'll be back soon." note

Feb 25, 07 - 04:56 am Comment from: macslash

Happy Birthday, Steve!
I hope you got a C++ GUI programming guide from old PC.
Not that you would visit or read from this site about the news and rumours going on in your own company. wink

Feb 25, 07 - 05:49 am Comment from: Spark

Happy Birthday, Steve.

Nothing original here, but I've got to add my voice of thanks and well-wishing.

Feb 25, 07 - 06:08 am Comment from: LordRobin

Wow, only 52? If he stays healthy, he's got another 10 years of innovations in him at least! Go go Steve!

Feb 25, 07 - 06:08 am Comment from: P.S

After all that's said what's left to say ?
You're probably the Greatest Man alive today.

http://www.shopsindex.nl/applenews/extra/jobs,steve.html

Feb 25, 07 - 07:14 am Comment from: wot proplum

Hippy Burpday, Steve frum the Nashional Edukation Asoseaiashion and the Amerykan Fedurashion off Techars.

Feb 25, 07 - 07:21 am Comment from: Charlie from Perks

I can't believe that it doesn't show up on my "This Day in History" Widget!?

Now when is Bill Gate's birthday? We can release the number of final Vista sales then... *snickers*

Feb 25, 07 - 07:24 am Comment from: SKY LARK

TO STEVE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

GREETINGS AND FELICITATIONS FROM ME.

Feb 25, 07 - 07:34 am Comment from: Geeker

Happy Birthday Steve! You make the world a better place to live in!

Feb 25, 07 - 07:48 am Comment from: Sensorium

happy birthday Mr.Jobs best wishes my friend.

Feb 25, 07 - 08:06 am Comment from: Connor MacBook

My birthday is Feb 25, and here in Oz we're nearly a full day ahead of California, so I'll claim Steve's birthday as mine too.

'Course, he didn't need his 14-year head start to change the world infinitely more than I!

Feb 25, 07 - 08:08 am Comment from: macaholic

Thanks for giving a damn about the things others think aren't worth the trouble.

You have made a difference.

Feb 25, 07 - 08:32 am Comment from: indigo iMac

Yeah happy birthday steve.
Let's hope you can get rid of the nerd Bill Gate$ and his mentally unbalanced chair throwing friend Steve Ballmer.

Feb 25, 07 - 09:19 am Comment from: Col. Angus

You know what...we are all stark raving bonkers.

I know, isn't it great!? Stevie...hppy birthdy! And a Billion best wishes to you. [Somehow, a million doesn't seem to be a significant target anymore.]

Feb 25, 07 - 09:36 am Comment from: Larry DeBolt

Happy Birthday Steve! Thank you for thinking "outside" of the box

Feb 25, 07 - 09:58 am Comment from: JohnE

Steve Jobs.....I love you man.

Feb 25, 07 - 10:01 am Comment from: jerko

Happy Birthday SJ!! Please take good care of yourself, we love ya to bits!!

Feb 25, 07 - 11:02 am Comment from: joell

"Steve Jobs.....I love you man." and other expressions of "love", etc

its not normal for a male to be drawn to anoother male to the extent of many on this site. unresolved, repressed issues may be at play.

Feb 25, 07 - 11:27 am Comment from: Undercover MacBrother

Happy B-Day Steve, you`ve made it possible for me to have a wonderful career and life. Thanks!!

Feb 25, 07 - 12:06 pm Comment from: breaking news

In a 52nd birthday press release, Steve Jobs recanted his "admittedly ignorant diatribe against teachers' unions," blaming his rant on "mental and hormonal aberrations associated with male menopause." The press release says he should experience a full and rapid recovery and that his condition should have no further deleterious effects on his ability to run Apple, Inc.

Feb 25, 07 - 12:35 pm Comment from: The Other Steve

Happy Birthday Steve, thanks for making the computing (and music/podcast) part of my life more fun!!! (especially Aperture) http://www.homepage.mac.com/daddysteve

Cool name!

Feb 25, 07 - 12:48 pm Comment from: Hg Wells

Happy Birthday!

Send money.

Feb 25, 07 - 01:41 pm Comment from: Dolita

Happy Birthday, Steve..
Always love to give you some blow-Jobs!

Feb 25, 07 - 04:36 pm Comment from: Switcher '05

Happy Birthday Steve!
Thanks for making the world a better place!

Feb 25, 07 - 06:52 pm Comment from: MacRaven

We're 52 Steve, yeah, it sucks.
Hang in there and live forever! OR at least don't die before I do!

Can't imagine the mac experience without you. I already had to live through that once, don't let me do it again. Thanks for delivering us all from Winduhz.



MDN Magic world; "develop" --best computers ever developed.

Feb 25, 07 - 08:28 pm Comment from: librium

Happy B-day Steve.

Everyone, please take it easy on the exclamation marks.

Feb 25, 07 - 11:37 pm Comment from: Benton

Where's the Love?
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-birthday-to-me.html

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