President Barack Obama lauded Steve Jobs as "among the greatest of American innovators" in a press release Wednesday, and such a statement can hardly be argued with. While Apple is now a household name, boasting shiny stores for eager techies, the media giant began as a small company founded in 1976 by Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak in a suburban California garage, reports the NY Times. The company, and Jobs as a businessman, grew to the prowess it is today—leaving 56-year-old Jobs at an estimated worth of $8.3 billion at the time of his death.
As I do my daily reporting around Mar Vista—on a MacBook no less, and interviews on my iPhone—it is obvious that Jobs' magic touch had a long-reaching impact. After all, it is not PC's that take up the outlets and WiFi at cafes, but MacBooks with the characteristic lit Apple that sit reverently next to a steaming cup of coffee.
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