Steve Jobs, born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco (California) and died October 5, 2011 in Palo Alto (in the same state), is an American entrepreneur and inventor, often described as a visionary1, and a major figure in electronics general public, notably a pioneer of the advent of the personal computer, the digital music player, the smartphone and the touchscreen tablet. Co-founder, general manager and chairman of the board of directors of the American multinational company Apple Inc