In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers. Both are credited with revolutionising the computer industry by making the world

In 1985, Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO and founded a new handware and software company called NeXT. The following year Jobs purchased an animation company, Lucasfilms Ltd. from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $ 50 million into the company. Pixar Studios procuded some world renowned animagion movies, such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. In 2006, Pixar Studios merged with Walt Disney, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder.

Steve Jobs was undeniably an extraordinary man by any standard. He has left his mark on these technical industries : Personal Computers with Apple II and Macintosh, Music with iPod, iPhone, iTunes and animation with Pixar. He is widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent business executives and an unrivaled visionary. He has changed millions of lives by making technology easy - to - use, exciting, and beautiful.

On October 5, 2011, Jobs died in California at the age of 56, seven years after being diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer.

Gates discovered his interest in software while in school and began ptogramming computers at the age of 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University and developed a version of the programming language BASIC, for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office destop and home, they began developing software for personal computers.

The total assets of Microsoft as June 2018 are worth US $ 104.9 billion. Microsoft's best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near - ubiquity in the desktop computer market.