Together with Steve Wozniak, Jobs developed and built the personal (PC) in 1976 in jobs’s family garage. The Apple ll kicked off the PC era in 1977. And in 1984 the Macintosh altered the direction of the computer industry. Jobs is also credited with desktop publishing, laser printers, and for pioneering personal computer networks. So jobs was an influential founder of the PC industry. However, as Apple grew through selling stock, Jobs lost controlling ownership of his company In 1985, Jobs was fired by the board of directors because he was controlling and unmanageable. Although considered a failure at this point, Jobs didn’t give up and bounced back very quickly