Steve Jobs, Apple Co-Founder, Former Chief Executive, Dead at 56
October 05, 2011, 8:07 PM EDTBy Vivek Shankar
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs, a co-founder and former chief executive officer of Apple Inc., died today, the company said in a statement. He was 56.
Jobs stepped down as CEO in August after combating a rare form of cancer.
“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” Apple’s board said in the statment. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.”
Link to Statement:{NSN LSM9GO3V2800 <GO>}
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Vivek Shankar at vshankar3@bloomberg.net
