Lesser known facts about the Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs

 

 1. Steve Jobs' first business 

Steve Jobs' First Business was Selling Blue Boxes that allowed the users make free calls illegally to any number in the world. Source

2. Steve Jobs never wrote computer code

Steve Jobs never wrote computer code. Even though, Jobs holds over 450 patents. Since his death, he has won 141 patents. According to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, he didn't do any original design and one of Apple's earliest employees also stated that Woz was the inventor while Jobs was the marketing person. Source

3.Steve Jobs' wealth

More than 70%  of Steve Jobs’ wealth came from Disney, not Apple. At the time of his death (October 5, 2011), his net worth was $10.2 billion ($8 billion from Disney stake, and  around $2 billion from Apple). Source

4. Steve Jobs' biological father was Syrian Muslim

Steve Jobs was adopted. His biological father was Abdulfattah Jandali, a Syrian Muslim. Steve was adopted by Paul Jobs and Clara Hagopian. Source

5. Steve Jobs went India and returned as Buddhist 

In 1974, Steve jobs traveled to India in search of ‘spiritual enlightenment.’ He stayed for 7 months and retuned as Buddhist with his head shaved and wearing traditional Indian clothing. Source

6. Initially, Jobs refused to acknowledge his illegitimate child as his daughter

Steve Jobs had an illegitimate child, Lisa Brennan, when he was just 23 (1978). Initially, Jobs refused to acknowledge her as his daughter, claiming that he was sterile. Lisa's mother, Chrisann Brennan, had initially raised the kid using welfare checks. Only after a 1980 court order, following DNA tests, he started to pay child support of $385 a month. Later, he apologized for his past actions and developed a good relationship with his daughter. Source

7. Steve Jobs met biological sister at 27

The famous American novelist Mona Simpson is his biological sister. Since Jobs was adopted, he didn't meet her until he was 27. Jobs met his biological father Abdulfattah Jandali when he was manager of a restaurant in Sacramento. At the time, however, neither knew they were related. Later, his sister Mona revealed that the man from the restaurant was his biological father. Source

8. Steve Jobs was a Dyslexic

Steve Jobs was a Dyslexic (disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols), but that didn't stop him from building one of the most innovative tech companies ever. Source

9. Jobs was a pescetarian

Jobs was a pescetarian, meaning he ate no meat except for fish. Jobs spent some time as a fruitarian. The actor Ashton Kutcher followed Jobs's fruitarian diet for a month before he played Jobs for a biopic, he ended up in hospital. Source

10. Steve Jobs was infamous for parking his Mercedes in handicap parking spots

Steve Jobs drove his BMW without a license plate and parked at handicapped parking spots in the Apple parking lot. Source

11.  Crazy Perfectionism

When he was on the hospital bed in 2009, he asked for five different oxygen masks so that he could choose the one with the best design. Source