Steve Jobs grew up in in Los Altos, California near where Apple's headquarters are today. At school many
people thought he was unique. In Steve's childhood his father built many things and this influenced him.
3. Personal
History
He was interested in technology at a young age and his first job was at the computer company HP at 13.
Steve jobs was inspired by Zen Buddhism and meditation. When he was a young man, he often
4. What
meditated ina Zen temple. The ideas of Zen had an impact on his thinking. Steve Jobs pioneered the
inspired them?
idea that a device had to be simple, functional and beautiful for users to understand it with ease.
