Jobs Loses Job May 31, 1985 After launching an unsuccessful coup to take back the reigns of the company he cofounded, Steve Jobs is summarily stripped of his duties at Apple by CEO John Sculley. It was Sculley who, ironically, Jobs had lured away from PepsiCo with that now famous question, “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” According to The Apple Museum, just days before, with Sculley away at a meeting in China, Jobs plotted his move to oust Sculley. Alas, a worm inside Apple leaked Jobs’s plan to Sculley, who had just enough time to ask other top execs if they wanted Jobs or him. They took Sculley, and Jobs, who retained the chairman title, was merely a paper tiger. With no worlds left to change at Apple, he eventually left Apple in September. The apple, however, would not fall too far from the tree as Jobs returned in a smaller capacity in early 1997?Apple would buy his NeXT Computer company?and was grandiosely named iCEO (for interim) later that year. During his absence, he had also become CEO of Pixar, cultivating the little-known animation studio into a movie moneymaker. Finally, in January 2000, Jobs was formally reunited with his former CEO title. Related content BrandPost Retail innovation playbook: Fast, economical transformation on Microsoft Cloud For retailers, tight integration of data and systems is the antidote to a challenging economy. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 3 mins Retail Industry Digital Transformation BrandPost How retailers are empowering business transformation with TCS and Microsoft Cloud AI-powered omnichannel integration and a strong, secure digital core lets retailers innovate across four primary areas while staying compliant, maintaining security and preventing fraud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 4 mins Retail Industry Cloud Computing BrandPost How to Build ROI from Cloud Migration This whitepaper and webcast can help you calculate the ROI and create a business case for modernizing your legacy applications to the Microsoft Cloud. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 1 min Retail Industry Cloud Computing BrandPost How to power a sustainable enterprise on Microsoft Cloud In this eBook, we’ll follow the journey of Amal Skye, a fictitious woman who is committed to living in a way that preserves the planet for the future —and how businesses like Tata Consultancy Services and Microsoft are making that possi By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 24, 2023 1 min Retail Industry Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe