Steve Jobs on Apple, iPhone, and Life Story

How's it going, mister Jobs? How's it going, mister Hawkins? Very great. How's your day, sir? It's been going great. Well, that's great. So do you have any wife and kids? Yes. I have a wife, and her name's Laureen Powell. How many kids do have? I have four jobs. Well, that's great. So where were you born, mister Jobs? I was born in San Francisco. Nice. That's nice. So when when were you born? I was born 02/24/1955. Well, you don't look that old now, do you? Yeah. So what did you do in high school? I would say I was a rather geeky kid. Why do you say that? Because I was smart. The... You know how peoples are like that? Well, did you do anything else in high school? Yeah. I played the trumpet.

How was that? That was fun. Fun? Yeah. At least you had a good time. Right? Yep. Well, I heard that you dropped out of college. Is this true? Man. It's kinda personal, but I like you, mister Hawkins. Thank you. Pretty. So... Yeah. I dropped out of college. Alright. Yeah. Because I thought I was smart. You know? You know how you think you're smart and, like, school, it's easy for you? I thought that... Because I already had a high school education, so I thought I didn't need anything else. Oh, yeah. So did you experiment experiment anything in... While you were in college? As you heard about in hallucigens, yeah, those those were the bad days. I bet you that wasn't the best time of your life. Yeah. That wasn't nice. I heard that you became part of vegetarian while you're up there.

Yep. Became vegetarian because my wife was vegetarian, and I wanted to be just like her. That's nice. Well, so, mister Jobs, why did you quit Apple and start your own business? I wanted to... I like challenges. I wanted the challenge to own my own business and run my own computers, I did. And now I own Apple. So how did you feel to make a computer for everyone to use? Oh, I felt great because the first computer that I made, I used, and I knew everybody else would wanna use it. So I felt great. It's a great invention. So, Steve Jobs, how did you feel throughout grade school? I felt really bad because I got bullied every day. Well, looks like the person who got bullied every day is a multimillionaire now.

Yep. So but you know the same people that were laughing at you now or at home? Watching this interview. Yep. Yeah. So, mister Jobs, what helped you in making your Apple company? Well, what helped me was starting my own business and then and then just... I don't... Just good leadership qualities. So how do you pronounce your name? I've I've heard people saying Jobs and Job's. Which one is it? Yeah. Well, as... I'm a tell you a story. I had this one teacher in eighth grade. Her name was missus. Used to pronounce my name Job sometimes, but it's pronounced jobs, just like it's spelled.

Alright. Just clarifying that. Yep. So were you adopted, and how did you feel about that? Yeah. I was adopted, and I felt bad. It's kinda making me feel bad right now. I'm bringing it up. But Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't It's it's okay. It's okay. I was I was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. So are they like your parents now and you love them? Yeah. That's good. So how did you come up with the smartest phone in the world, which we all know now is the iPhone? Well, it all started a poker game with me and my buddies. We were thinking about how stupid these phones are because my buddy got a phone call, and he was acting... The phone was doing bad. So we thought about how we can make technology as a computer fit into a little phone, and we did. Well, it looks like it turned out to be a great success.

So I heard the iPhone four GS is coming out. Can you tell us anything about that? No. I can't tell you anything about a little bit? Mm-mm. Okay. I guess we have to wait and see. Yep. So did anybody invest in your Apple business? No. I didn't. Yes and no. Because I started working with Apple before I build my own business. And I had all these shares, and I gave back all my shares except for the $100,000,000 one, which I bought my own business with. So, mister Giles, I heard that you own a different company now as well. Oh, I own this company. It's with Disney. It's called Pixar. I named it. Pixar. Yeah. It used to be called Disney Animations. Well, I got one final question. What do you think your greatest contribution towards life is?

My greatest contribution was probably making the first computer in the world. And why do you say that? Because if I didn't make the computer, people would still be calculating off of just paper. Like, they wouldn't have any research to do with the computer. So you made one of the world's greatest resources out there. Yep. So it was a pleasure having this interview with you. Thank you so much. So so I hope to see you in another interview. Have a great day. Alright. Thank