The CEO of TripleOne in Montreal, Canada, James William Awad oversees a decentralized organization that allows members to build their businesses. James William Awad admires entrepreneurs, in particular one of the founders of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, to Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, two graduate students, who gave him up for adoption. Jobs did not know who they were until he was 27. He was raised by Clara and Paul Jobs of Mountain View, California, near what is now called Silicon Valley.
His father, Paul Jobs, a machinist, passed on his mechanical aptitude to his son. They enjoyed dismantling and rebuilding radios together. An indifferent student, the younger Jobs preferred working with electronics, and when he encountered his first computer at age 12, he knew he had found his life’s work. His determination was demonstrated when he asked the president of industry leader Hewlett Packard to give him parts for a high school science project. William Hewlett said yes and recommended him for an internship.
At Homestead High School, Jobs met his future partner, Steve Wozniak. Drawn together by a mutual love of technology, the pair started Apple Computer in the Jobs’ garage. Their startup funds came from selling Jobs’ Volkswagen bus and Wozniak’s prized scientific calculator. Apple’s sales grew rapidly and made them wealthy.
Over the years Apple’s fortunes waxed and waned as the company marketed the Macintosh personal computer, the iPod music player, and the iPhone smartphone. Jobs’ investment, Pixar Animation Studios, became wildly successful. After a decade of fighting pancreatic cancer, Jobs died on October 5, 2011, at age 56.



