Bill Gates and Steve Jobs from Fame to Fired

They innovated their brand, silently bartered and accused one another of ripping ideas. Nevertheless, there was an underlying respect between the two competitors. Both endured the explosive field demand of computing, and they met that demand. Steve Jobs was eventually ousted from Apple in 1985 and now Bill Gates is being eyed by executives to be removed, after Steve Ballmer’s exit. How quickly these men went from fame to being fired.

Jobs was fired and by the fall of 1985, he left Apple behind. While the Apple brand took a different path after job’s departure and continued to explore innovation development, Jobs was looking to distinctive  presence in the industry. One of his largest successes was growing the animated development behind Pixar.  By the late 90′s the fired CEO was welcomed back with open arms, more experienced and fully ready to take on the reigns. From iTunes, iMac, iWork and iPhone- Jobs was the creative mind behind Apple. Sadly, in 2011 Jobs died from pancreatic cancer – a hit to the industry and to Apple.

Gates was always more of a man of action , in 1972 he became a congressional page for the House of Representatives. Thereafter, the young brilliant mind connected with Paul Allen and the two men registered Microsoft. By 1980 Steve Ballmer joined the small yet mighty Microsoft team, within a year from that time Microsoft Corporation was born, naming Bill Gates as CEO. By 1987 Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire at the age of 31-years-old.

link: guardianlv