RIP Steve Jobs, Who Deserves the Word Visionary: Obits, Links, Clips

“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple,” the company said in a statement on its website.

Steve had resigned from his position back in August. He received a liver transplant for pancreatic cancer in 2009.

Steve is survived by his wife Laurene and his four children.Pharrell: God bless the family of Steve Jobs. He was our modern day Leonardo DaVinci. From Apple to Pixar, what a great life lived. He will be missed.

President Obama: Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators—brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

Our lunch was more than 15 years ago, after Jobs had left Apple in 1985 and was running Pixar, which he had bought for $10 million from George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic, which yielded Toy Story and made him rich. In 1996, Jobs went back to the floundering Apple and turned the small computer company around with such well-designed, consumer-friendly products as the iMac, iBook, iPod, Macbook Air, iPhone and most recently, iPad. Jobs bucked the entire music industry, before it saw where it was heading, when he launched a radical new paradigm for legal music downloads, iTunes, which he also applied to video content. Jobs had his name
Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple, has passed away. He was 56.


“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple,” the company said in a statement on its website.

Steve had resigned from his position back in August. He received a liver transplant for pancreatic cancer in 2009.

Steve is survived by his wife Laurene and his four children.Pharrell: God bless the family of Steve Jobs. He was our modern day Leonardo DaVinci. From Apple to Pixar, what a great life lived. He will be missed.

President Obama: Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators—brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.