The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it.

Forbes estimated his net wealth at $8. Jobs apparently did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Steve Jobs was the marketing person.

Through Apple he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields transforming "one industry after another from computers and smartphones to music and movies. He has been referred to as "legendary" a "futurist" or simply "visionary" and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution" a "master of innovation" and a "design perfectionist". He served as CEO and majority shareholder until Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006.