Apple Group Co-Founder, Apple Godfather: Steve Jobs Steve Jobs (1955-2011), the world's leading inventor, entrepreneur, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Apple. April 1, 1976 Jobs and friends Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayn set up Apple, he accompanied Apple for decades of ups and downs and revival, has led and launched the Macintosh computer, iMac, IPod, iPhone and so swept the world hundreds of millions of people of electronic products, profoundly changed the modern communications, entertainment and even the way of life.