苹果公司传奇人物斯蒂文•乔布斯逝世 终年56岁

Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56.

The death was announced by Apple, the company Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage.

Mr. Jobs had waged a long and public struggle with cancer, remaining the face of the company even as he underwent treatment. He continued to introduce new products for a global market in his trademark blue jeans even as he grew gaunt and frail.

He underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, received a liver transplant in 2009 and took three medical leaves of absence as Apple’s chief executive before stepping down in August and turning over the helm to Timothy D. Cook, the chief operating officer. When he left, he was still engaged in the company’s affairs, negotiating with another Silicon Valley executive only weeks earlier.

美国苹果公司5日宣布，该公司前首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯已去世。享年56岁。

苹果公司官方网站首页目前已换成乔布斯大幅照片，以及“1955-2011”字样。网站发布的消息说：“苹果失去了一位富有远见和创造力的天才，世界失去了一个不可思议之人。”

苹果董事会发表声明，沉痛宣布并悼念乔布斯。

董事会的声明称，史蒂夫的才华、激情和精力是无尽创新的来源，丰富和改善了我们的生活。世界因他无限美好

另据法新社报道，苹果现任CEO库克表示哀悼损失“有远见”，“创造性的天才”乔布斯。

史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Paul Jobs)，出生于1955年2月24日。1972年高中毕业后，在俄勒冈州波特兰市的里德学院只念了一学期的书；1974年乔布斯在一家公司找到设计电 脑游戏的工作。两年后，时年21岁的乔布斯和26岁的沃兹尼艾克在乔布斯家的车库里成立了苹果电脑公司；1985年获得了由里根总统授予的国家级技术勋 章；1996年，苹果公司重新雇用乔布斯作为其兼职顾问；1997年9月，乔布斯重返该公司任首席执行官。1997年成为《时代周刊》的封面人 物；2009年被财富杂志评选为这十年美国最佳CEO，同年当选时代周刊年度风云人物之一。2011年8月24日，乔布斯提出辞职。

乔布斯被认为是计算机业界与娱乐业界的标志性人物，同时人们也把他视作麦金塔计算机、ipad 、iPod、iTunes Store、iPhone等知名数字产品的缔造者。