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Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American businessman and technology visionary who was best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios after acquiring it from Lucasfilm's computer graphics division for the price of $10 million in 1986. He was also credited as executive producer of the 1995 Disney/Pixar film, Toy Story. In 2006, Pixar was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. Jobs, owning 50.1% of Pixar stock, thereby became the Walt Disney Company's largest individual shareholder, owning 7% of the company, and was appointed to the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors, a position he held until his death. Following Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011, his shares were transferred to the Steven P. Jobs Trust, controlled by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2003 and died 8 years later in 2011. He was mentioned in the Andi Mack episode Home Away From Home.

He was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 2013, John Lasseter accepted the award on his behalf.

Tributes

Following Jobs' death, flags at all Disney properties, including the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World, were ordered by Disney CEO Bob Iger to be flown at half-staff from October 6 to October 12, 2011.
Following Jobs' death, the Pixar website's homepage was changed to a photo of Jobs, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter, followed by a eulogy written by Catmull and Lasseter.
The 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave was dedicated to him and Lord Macintosh and his son, Young Macintosh were named after a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. and which was introduced by Steve himself.
The character of Mark Beaks in DuckTales (2017) is inspired by Steve Jobs.
John Lasseter dedicated his star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame to him.

Trivia

Steve Jobs was mentioned on the promotional site for Tomorrowland, where he was working with Plus Ultra, and received a pin from David Nix.

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References

v - e - d

In The Past
Glenn McQueen • Daniel Gerson • John Kahrs • Joe Ranft • Justin Wright • Dan Lee • Lee Unkrich • John Lasseter • Rob Gibbs

Brain Trust Directors
Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird

Directors
Angus MacLane • Peter Sohn • Sanjay Patel • Dan Scanlon • Ronnie del Carmen • Mark Andrews • Brenda Chapman • Steve Purcell • Brian Fee • Enrico Casarosa • Domee Shi

Producers
Jonas Rivera • Kori Rae • Katherine Sarafian

Chief Creative Officer
Pete Docter

Associated Figures
Bob Iger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • George Lucas • Bob Chapek

Signature Voice Actors
John Ratzenberger • Bob Peterson • Bonnie Hunt • Josh Cooley • Jerome Ranft • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Jeff Pidgeon

Signature Musicians
Randy Newman • Michael Giacchino • Thomas Newman • Mychael Danna • Jeff Danna • Chris Stapleton • Trent Reznor • Atticus Ross

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-|children = Lisa, Reed, Erin, and Eve Jobs}}'''Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs''' was an American businessman and technology visionary who was best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of [[Wikipedia:Apple Inc.|Apple Inc.]] He also co-founded and served as chief executive of [[Pixar Animation Studios]] after acquiring it from [[Lucasfilm]]'s computer graphics division for the price of $10 million in 1986. He was also credited as executive producer of the [[1995]] [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] film ''[[Toy Story]]''. In [[2006]], Pixar was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. Jobs, owning 50.1% of Pixar stock, thereby became the Walt Disney Company's largest individual shareholder, owning 7% of the company, and was appointed to the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors, a position he held until his death. Following Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011, his shares were transferred to the Steven P. Jobs Trust, controlled by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in [[2003]] and died 8 years later in [[2011]]. He was mentioned in the ''[[Andi Mack]] ''episode Home Away From Home.
+|children = Lisa, Reed, Erin, and Eve Jobs}}'''Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs''' was an American businessman and technology visionary who was best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of [[Wikipedia:Apple Inc.|Apple Inc.]] He also co-founded and served as chief executive of [[Pixar Animation Studios]] after acquiring it from [[Lucasfilm]]'s computer graphics division for the price of $10 million in 1986. He was also credited as executive producer of the [[1995]] [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] film, ''[[Toy Story]]''. In [[2006]], Pixar was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. Jobs, owning 50.1% of Pixar stock, thereby became the Walt Disney Company's largest individual shareholder, owning 7% of the company, and was appointed to the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors, a position he held until his death. Following Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011, his shares were transferred to the Steven P. Jobs Trust, controlled by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in [[2003]] and died 8 years later in [[2011]]. He was mentioned in the ''[[Andi Mack]] ''episode Home Away From Home.
+He was posthumously named a Disney Legend in 2013, John Lasseter accepted the award on his behalf.
 ==Tributes==
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 *The [[2012]] Disney/Pixar film ''[[Brave]] ''was dedicated to him and [[Lord Macintosh]] and his son, [[Young Macintosh]] were named after a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. and which was introduced by Steve himself.
 *The character of [[Mark Beaks]] in [[DuckTales (2017 series)|''DuckTales'' (2017)]] is inspired by Steve Jobs.
+*[[John Lasseter]] dedicated his star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame to him.
 ==Trivia==
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 Steve Jobs with an iPhone.jpg|Steve Jobs presenting an iPhone at the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference.
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