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How Steve Jobs Saved Apple: His Career From 1996 to 2011

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When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, the company was in dire straits. These days, it's worth over $1 trillion.

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Much of Apple's success is due to the vision of Steve Jobs, the late cofounder. Without him, Apple as we know it today might not even exist. In 1976, after he dropped out of college, Jobs cofounded Apple with his high-school friend, Steve Wozniak, while they were still in their 20s, according to "Steve Jobs," a biography by Walter Isaacson. Jobs would leave Apple in 1985 to start a new company, NeXT. Jobs was also the father of four children. He had his oldest, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, with his high-school girlfriend, Chrisann Brennan.…

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