HIS legacy

First and foremost, Steve Jobs is an entrepreneur. And that is how history will long remember him. Not primarily as a fiduciary or an institution builder or an administrator (though he has worn all those hats), but rather as an individual who relentlessly pursued new opportunities. From the first Apple computers to the breakthrough innovations of the past eight years--the iPod, iTunes, the iPhone, and his Apple stores--he has chased new possibilities without being deterred by whatever obstacles he encountered. Over and over again he has turned his eye and his energy--and at times, it has seemed, his entire being--to what might be gained by creating a new offering or taking an unorthodox strategic path. That puts him in the company of other great entrepreneurs of the past two centuries.