It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do. - Steve Jobs

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It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do.

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About Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955 – 5 October 2011) was the Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc., a company he founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. He was also the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. Jobs was the Walt Disney Company's largest individual shareholder and a former member of its Board of Directors. He is considered to have been a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries.

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Birth Name: Abdul Lateef Jandali
Alternative Names: Steven Paul Jobs Steven Jobs T. Lateef
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