1955 -- Adopted from infancy by Paul and Clara Jobs in San Francisco. Moves to Mountain View, California, five months later.
1969 -- Offered a summer job at Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) by William Hewlett.
1971 -- Meets Steve Wozniak; the two later found Apple Computer Inc.
1972 -- Graduates from Homestead High School in Los Altos.
1972 -- Registers at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, and drops out after one semester.