Co-founded Apple in 1976, was forced out in 1985 and returned in 1997 to launch the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. His 2005 "Stay hungry, stay foolish" speech is widely quoted in China.
Chinese fans nicknamed him 乔帮主, 'Chief Jobs', using the martial-arts novel title for a gang chief. His 'Stay hungry, stay foolish' is usually rendered 求知若饥，虚心若愚, 'seek knowledge as if starving, stay humble as if foolish'.
