Unit1Stayhungry.Stayfoolish.SteveJobs’commencementaddresstothegraduatesofStanfordin2005.Life’sstoriestourgetheyoungergenerationtofollowtheirownintuitionandinnervoice.StanfordUniversityLocatedbetweenSanFranciscoandSanJoseintheheartofSiliconValley,StanfordUniversityisrecognizedasoneoftheworld'sleadingresearchandteachinginstitutions.StanfordwasfoundedbyLelandandJaneStanfordafterlosingtheirson.The10th10thPresidentJohnHennessyStanfordisathrivingresidentialcampusandcommunity.Itsitson8,000acresoffoothillsandplains–onceahorsefarmbelongingtoJaneandLelandStanfordandstillfondlyknownas"theFarm.“withover6100undergraduatesand4300graduateslivingoncampus.StudentshaveaccessnotonlytotheextraordinaryresourcesoncampusbutalsototheBayArea'smanyculturalandoutdoorattractions.Stanfordisthecradlefortheelites:president,foundersofthefirst-rateenterprises(hp,Cisco,ebay,electronicart,Gap,Google,Nike,Sun,Yahoo)andlistedcompanies,NoblePrizewinners(morethan10)CampusofStanfordUniversitySteveJobs,CEOofApple&PixarBillGates,CEOofMicrosoft,PCgeniusJobsholdingaMacBookAiratMacworldConference&Expo2008Born:StevenP.JobsFebruary24,1955)(age54),SanFrancisco,California,U.S.AOccupation:ChairmanandCEOofAppleInc.BoardofDirectorsofWaltDisneyCompanySpouse:LaurencePowellReligiousbeliefs:BuddhismChildren:4StevenPaulJobs(bornFebruary24,1955)isanAmericanbusinessman,co-founderandCEOofAppleInc.andformerCEOofPixarAnimationStudiosuntilitsacquisitionbyDisney.HeiscurrentlythelargestDisneyshareholderandamemberofDisney'sBoardofDirectors.Heisconsideredaleadingfigureinboththecomputerandentertainmentindustries.Inthelate1970s,Jobs,withAppleco-founderSteveWozniak,createdoneofthefirstcommerciallysuccessfulpersonalcomputers.Intheearly1980s,Jobswasamongthefirsttoseethecommercialpotentialofthemouse-drivengraphicaluserinterface.Afterlosingapowerstrugglewiththeboardofdirectorsin1985,JobsresignedfromAppleandfoundedNeXT,acomputerplatformdevelopmentcompanyspecializinginthehighereducationandbusinessmarkets.NeXT'ssubsequent1997buyoutbyA...
