Why was Steve Jobs fired from Apple?

Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he's "Steve Jobs-ing it" and will return. Here's how hard it was for Apple's Steve Jobs to get back to the company he started. read more

Steve Jobs 'Devastated' When Fired By Apple The founding of Apple Computer is by now legendary. After dropping out of Reed College, Jobs and his buddy Steve Wozniak launched the company from his family's suburban California garage in 1976. read more

John Sculley spills the beans on firing Steve Jobs. The former Apple CEO, who fired Jobs in 1985, gave his most illuminating explanation ever of the move at a Forbes conference in Bali last week. read more

Indeed, the rise, fall, and return of Steve Jobs is a big part of the Apple founder's legend. Ousted from Apple after a failed boardroom coup, Jobs formed his own startup. That startup was eventually purchased by a desperate Apple, which was in dire need of product leadership at the time. read more

It's perhaps one of the most famous -- or infamous -- personnel moves in Silicon Valley history: then Apple CEO John Sculley's 1985 firing of Steve Jobs. But until now, we've never known much about how it happened. read more

Steve Jobs was never fired from Apple. He was fired from the Mac Division. No jobs wasn't just an employee. He was the CEO of Apple when he was fired From Mac division. In 1981, Apple Computer went public. Just two years later, Apple cracked the Fortune 500 and Jobs recruited John Sculley, the head of Pepsi-Cola, to be its new chief executive. read more