He took a summer job with the computer company and met Steve Wozniak, five years his senior, with whom he founded Apple in 1976.

With Stephen Wozniak, Mr. Jobs founded Apple in a Cupertino, Calif., garage in 1976.

One last thing in this admittedly rather hagiographic post: when Jobs founded Apple, they did really interesting things.

Its members included Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak, who would go on to found Apple.

He founded Apple with his childhood friend Steve Wozniak, and the two marketed what was considered the world's first personal computer, the Apple II.

Eight years after founding Apple, Mr. Jobs led the team that designed the Macintosh computer, a breakthrough in making personal computers easier to use.

Jobs had sampled LSD, traveled to India and found a guru, lived on a communal fruit farm and studied Zen before he founded Apple.

While still a junior school student and an avid electronics hobbyist, he introduced Mr. Jobs to Stephen Wozniak, with whom Mr. Jobs subsequently founded Apple.

In 1975, Gordon Crane founded Apple & Eve, and in 1978, the company introduced its first cranberry product.

But those who see him as a potential savior argue that Apple has been on a slide since Mr. Jobs, who had founded Apple with Stephen Wozniak eight years earlier, was exiled.