Steve Jobs dead: A life in breakthroughs from genius who saw the future

Steve Jobs dead: A life in breakthroughs from genius who saw the future | Mail Online: "Fiery CEO Steve Jobs's legendary insistence on overseeing every product launched by Apple meant that he was personally behind many of the breakthroughs that define today's world.

Jobs was behind much more than simply iPods, iPhones and iPads - his ideas and his patents shaped everything from Hollywood to the music industry to Windows PCs.

Venture capitalist Jean Louis Gassee - who Jobs recruited to Apple - said that Jobs should have 'seven statues' built for him - 'One for the Apple II, one for the Mac, one for Pixar (the CGI film company Jobs bought in 1986), one for coming back and reviving Apple and the Mac, one for the iPod and iTunes, one for the Apple Stores and one for the iPhone.’"