Steven Paul Jobs (bom February 24, 1955) is an American businessman, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.
史蒂夫保罗乔布斯（1955年2月24日）是一位美国商人，是 苹果公司的现任首席执行官兼创办人之一，同时也是皮克斯动画公 司的前首席执行官。
In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, created one of the first commercially successful personal computers. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven graphical user interface. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT’s subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple Computer Inc. brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its CEO since then. Steve Jobs was listed as Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Businessman of 2007.
70年代末期,乔布斯同跟他一起创立苹果公司的合伙人史蒂 夫?沃兹尼亚克，创造了第一台获得商业成功的个人电脑。在80年 代初期,乔布斯是首先看到鼠标操控的图形用户界面潜在商机的人 中的一个。在1985年同董事会的权力争斗中失利后,乔布斯从苹果 辞职并创办了 NeXT, —家专攻高等教育和商业市场的电脑平台研 发公司。NeXT之后在1997年被苹果电脑公司收购。这使得乔布斯 又重新回到了他创立的公司，并且从那时起任该公司首席执行官。 史蒂夫?乔布斯在2007年财富杂志评选的最具影响力商人排名榜 上有名。
In 1986，he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Jobs is currently a member of Walt Disney Company’s Board of Directors.
1986年，他收购了卢卡斯电影公司的电脑动画效果制作部，这 便是之后的皮克斯动画公司。他是这家公司的首席执行官和大股东 直到皮克斯在2006年被沃特?迪士尼公司收购。乔布斯最近成为沃 特?迪士尼公司董事会的成员之一。
Jobs’ history in business has contributed greatly to the myths of the idiosyncratic, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of design and understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal. His work driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.
乔布斯的从商生涯极大地造就了个性化个人化的硅谷创业者 的传说，他强调设计的重要性，以及了解美学在公众吸引方面的重 要作用这一重要性。他对实用及优雅设计的推崇为他贏得了许多忠 实追随者。
Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara, who named him Steven Paul. Paul and Clara also had a daughter, Patty. His biological parents, Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdul-fattah Jandali-a graduate student from Syria who became a political science professor-later married and gave birth to Jobs’ sister, the novelist Mona Simpson.
乔布斯出生在旧金山市，被保罗和克拉拉夫妇收养，为他取名为史蒂文.保罗。保罗和克拉拉自己还有个女儿，帕蒂。他的生父母，
Jobs attended Cupertino Junior High School and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, and frequented after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California. He was soon hired there and worked with Steve Wozniak as a summer employee. In 1972，Jobs graduated from high school and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Although he dropped out after only one semester, he continued auditing classes at Reed, such as one in calligraphy. “If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts”，he said.
乔安妮.卡罗尔?西贝和阿卜杜勒法塔赫?江达利——来自叙利亚 的毕业生，后来成为了政治学教授一再后来结婚并生了乔布斯的 妹妹，小说家蒙娜?辛普森。
In the autumn of 1974，Jobs returned to California and began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Steve Wozniak. He took a job as a technician at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games,
乔布斯在加州的库比提诺初中和田园高中就读，并且经常在 放学后去参加在帕罗奥多惠普公司的讲座。他不久之后就和史蒂 夫?沃兹尼亚克一起被雇用为暑假工。1972年，乔布斯高中毕业进入 俄勒冈州波特兰市的里德大学?尽管他读了一学期就退学了，但是他 还是继续在里德大学旁听一些课程，比如书法。他曾说过如果我从 未参加过那个课程的话,Mac就不会有这么多的字体和等比例间距字 体。”
with the primary intent of saving money for a spiritual retreat to India. Jobs then traveled to India with a Reed College friend (and, later, the first Apple employee), Daniel Kottke, in search of spiritual enlightenment. He came back a Buddhist with his head shaved and wearing traditional Indian clothing. During this time, Jobs experimented with psychedelics, calling his LSD experiences “one of the two or three most important things done in life.” He has stated that people around him who did not share his countercultural roots could not fully relate to his thinking.
1974年秋季，乔布斯回到加州和史蒂夫.沃兹尼亚克开始重新参加家酿电脑俱乐部的活动。 他在生产流行电子游戏的Atari当技术人员，并且是带着省钱去参加一个印度的精神静修的初衷。 乔布斯跟他一个在里德大学认识的朋友丹尼尔?科特基(也是后来苹果公司的第一个员工）一起 去了印度,想要寻找精神上的启蒙。他回来的时候皈依了佛教并且剃了头还穿着传统的印度服饰。 在此期间，乔布斯产生了幻觉，他把这种迷幻的感觉经验描述为“生命中完成的最重要的两三件事 中的一件”。他声称他周围那些没有分享他的跨文化根基的人是无法充分链接到他的思想的。
Much has been made of Jobs，aggressive and demanding personality. Fortune noted that he “is considered one of Silicon Valley’s leading egomaniacs.”
乔布斯生性充满斗志并且要求苛刻。财富称他为“硅谷中的几大自大狂之一”。