subject: Who Will Inherit The Legacy Of Steve Jobs? [print this page] Apple's chairman and co-founder Steve Paul Jobs suddenly passed away peacefully at local time on October 5, United States. He has left huge legacy.
In the "Forbes" list of the richest in the world in 2011, Jobs ranked No. 110 with a net worth of about $ 8.3 billion. Adopted by others, he grew up. After his death, his father is still living. According to the media, Steve Jobs did not make a will. Then how to allocate its heritage would be a very complex issue.
Of course, more people are in commemoration of his remarkable creative spirit. They lamented the spiritual legacy of Jobs. For some people, perhaps his life opened a door of hope because such a successful man also enjoyed the taste of defeat on many occasions.
Jobs never went to college to get a diploma. His parents are only blue collar. They spent almost all the savings on the tuition of Jobs. Although in only six months, his college tuition spent all his parents' savings. So finally in 1972, Steve Jobs chose to leave school. He had spent the night at a friend's room on the floor. During the day he went to the street to pick up Coke bottles to pay back the money. In 1995 at Stanford University in a speech, Steve Jobs has mentioned that it was the most sensible choice that he dropped out from college, because it forced him to learn to innovate.
In 1985, because of pressures of the external market and the Board of Directors, Steve Jobs was fired by Apple. He went through the second trough of his life. In that speech at Stanford University, Jobs said: "Being fired by Apple is a good medicine tastes bitter, and this is the best thing of my life. I suddenly get out of numerous pressures. Freedom gave me the unprecedented sense of inspiration. That was my life's most creative period of time."
When Jobs left Apple he was not depressed. He founded the NeXT Computer Company. Although NeXT computer had a lot of innovation in hardware and software and attracted a small group of loyal followers, but the mainstream market do not buy the first Unix machine that Steve Jobs created. In1991 "Forbes" magazine criticized him of committing a fatal mistake, and it destined to lead to the demise of NeXT Computer.
Frustration and failure can never destroy his persistent dream. Perhaps each of us can become the successor to his spiritual heritage.
