Team+Apple


 * __Foundations/Charitable Giving__ **
 * Steve Jobs made a salary of $1 a year from his company, Apple. This would be an example of charitable giving because he knows that he doesn’t need the extra money from Apple to survive so he gives back to his company.
 * There is a speculation that Steve Jobs has made an anonymous donation of $150 million to the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco.
 * He started the Steven P. Jobs Foundation but nearly a year later he closed it because of lack of time.
 * __ Additional Information __**
 * Net worth: $1.2 billion
 * Awards and Honors
 * National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985media type="custom" key="11415982" align="right"
 * Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987
 * Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine in 1989
 * iPhone scooped the Designed Week Awards Best of Show 2008 in London, England.
 * They also won Barron's most respected company.
 * Former CEO and founder of Next and helped create the Macintosh



**__Size of Company__**
 * The company primarily operates in the United States. It is headquartered in Cupertino, California and employs 46,600 employees.
 * The company recorded revenues of $65,225 million during the financial year ended September 2010 (FY2010), an increase of 52% over 2009.
 * The increase in revenues was mainly due to 93% growth in sales of iPhone and robust sales of the iPad.
 * The operating profit of the company was $18,385 million in FY2010, an increase of 56.6% over 2009.
 * Its net profit was $14,013 million in FY2010, an increase of 70.2% over 2009.

__ **Company Success ** __

> He was proud of the products he killed as well as the ones he didn’t. > His 12 rules of success
 * The company's strong brand enables it to command a premium pricing and create significant demand for its products such as iMac, iPod,iPhone and iPad.
 * Strong brand image gives the company an edge over regional and global competitors.
 * Jobs sweated the details.
 * 1) Do what you love to do
 * 2) Be different
 * 3) Do your best
 * 4) Make swot analysis
 * 5) Be entrepreneurial
 * 6) Start small, think big
 * 7) Strive to become a market leader
 * 8) Focus on the outcome
 * 9) Ask for feedback
 * 10) Innovate
 * 11) Learn from failures
 * 12) Learn continually

**__ Inventions __**
 * Top eight apple inventions that revolutionized the digital world:
 * 1) Apple-II
 * 2) Macintosh
 * 3) Mac
 * 4) IPod[[image:http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1336439145468&id=a84f46be61bbe95af0ba5948bf081d9e&url=http%3a%2f%2fobamapacman.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2010%2f02%2fDIY-How-to-Make-an-Apple-iPad-Mockup-full-scale-model-high-resolution.jpg width="143" height="160" align="right" caption="IPad"]]
 * 5) ITunes
 * 6) MacBook Air
 * 7) IPhone
 * 8) IPad


 * __Salary__ **
 * Jobs' salary at Apple is $1, it has been that way since 1998
 * Even though it is $1, the value of the shares he owns has skyrocketed.
 * During the fiscal year, jobs didnt get any bonus' or perks.


 * __Education __**


 * Steve jobs went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
 * Never got a degree in enginearing like most inventors.
 * Steve Jobs never majored in anything.
 * Steve Jobs took a couples classes in calligraphy.

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