1955 San Francisco [USA] † 2011

Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of Apple, which he founded in 1976 with a childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, and with the help of Jobs's former Atari colleague, Ronald Wayne, in his garage.

Buoyed by the success of the Apple II, Jobs gained great public prominence, appearing on the cover of Time in 1982. He was 26 years old and was already a millionaire thanks to the company's successful IPO at the end of the previous year.