For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Forbes estimated his net wealth at $8. Jobs apparently did not receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Steve Jobs was the marketing person.

Through Apple he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields transforming "one industry after another from computers and smartphones to music and movies. He has been referred to as "legendary" a "futurist" or simply "visionary" and has been described as the "Father of the Digital Revolution" a "master of innovation" and a "design perfectionist". He served as CEO and majority shareholder until Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006.