Ooof. RIP to the dude, he was a fricking marketing genius, but I'm just thinking about the stocks. Just yesterday, their press conference was horribly underwhelming, and now their figurehead of old is dead? Ehhhhhh....
Yeah, some people may hate Apple with a passion, but he did know how to market his products and make a huge profit. There was a story I was reading too, about how Steve Jobs didn't have the money to go to college, he grew up with foster parents, and all these other problems. He's a true success story.
He had pancreatic cancer, been diagnosed for a while.
He gave up his position on the 24th. When your job was your life, and you are in that situation, that typically suggests you sense your time is nearing its close.
ABC News Article
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Apple Homepage
Cackles in demented manner.
Do not all the enchantments of a wizard break and shatter at death?
Cancer by the sound of it. An innovative person killed by an innovative disease. Poetic.
Yup. And I think the stock of Apple is about to fall, a lot.
EDIT: Apple stock falling in 3...2...1...
May be a good time to buy, I'm sure it will go up eventually.
He gave up his position on the 24th. When your job was your life, and you are in that situation, that typically suggests you sense your time is nearing its close.
Unfortunate.