Steve Jobs by Savannah J.

Steve Jobs shows persistence.He was an adopted child. He didn't give up when he was fired by Apple. He actually created his own software called NeXT and bought a company which is now called Pixar! Steve was so confident that this company would succeed he invested 50 million dollars of his own money into it. Pixar become very popular and created movies like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. Apple saw this success and bought Pixar in 1997 for 429 million dollars! After this Steve returned to his job at Apple as the CEO. Steven Jobs is currently 56, has a wife and three children, and lives in Palo Alto, California.