3 ms·

again with this? jobs was never ceo of pixar...

by presty 11y ago

hellofunk 11y ago
Hm, Pixar wiki says this: Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was one of the three founding fathers of Pixar Animation Studios. A business magnate and inventor, he was the former CEO of Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios.
- ksherlock 11y ago
  From a 1997 Pixar SEC filing: "Mr. Jobs is a co-founder of Pixar and has served as its Chairman since March 1991, as its Chief Executive Officer since February 1986 and in the Office of the President since February 1995. He has been a director of Pixar since February 1986 and served as Chairman from February 1986 to November 1988."
- icebraining 11y ago
  I don't think that Wiki is official; that said, the NYTimes, CNN, Forbes and others all claim he was CEO of Pixar.
- talmand 11y ago
  I'll give him the CEO, but I disagree with the founder status. He was an investor, not a founder.
  - georgeecollins 11y ago
    I think it is because Pixar wasn't originally an animation studio. In particular they didn't intend to produce movies themselves. When they became one, he was a founder.
    - talmand 11y ago
      No, they were a part of a company that was almost a studio in of itself. The people that started that division with Lucas, that was eventually purchased by Jobs, wanted to make movies from the beginning. It was their stated goal at the time and they repeat the claim today. It was Jobs that had other ideas for the company, people, and technology before Toy Story came to be.
  - samstave 11y ago
    My understanding was that he purchased Pixar from Lucas for $10mm when Lucas didn't think that there was going to be a very lucrative animation business. This was told to me by employees of ILM when I was building the letterman digital arts center.
    - talmand 11y ago
      Yes, those people founded what became Pixar. Jobs bought it from Lucas. I'm going by the books I've read about Pixar written by employees or authors that interviewed employees.
  - sgustard 11y ago
    Quoting http://www.pixar.com/about/Our-Story http://www.pixar.com/about/Our-Story >Steve Jobs purchases the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and establishes an independent company to be christened "Pixar."
    - talmand 11y ago
      Yep, he "purchased" it. What became know as Pixar was indeed the people at the Computer Graphics Division at LucasFilm. They are the ones I call founder.
- davidbarker 11y ago
  Here's a video of the interview with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter from Charlie Rose. He introduces Jobs as "Pixar's chairman and CEO". https://youtu.be/w0Vvl_ByCXM?t=1m44s https://youtu.be/w0Vvl_ByCXM?t=1m44s

again with this? jobs was never ceo of pixar...

by presty 11y ago

again with this? jobs was never ceo of pixar...

Hm, Pixar wiki says this: Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was one of the three founding fathers of Pixar Animation Studios. A business magnate and inventor, he was the former CEO of Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios.

ksherlock 11y ago
From a 1997 Pixar SEC filing: "Mr. Jobs is a co-founder of Pixar and has served as its Chairman since March 1991, as its Chief Executive Officer since February 1986 and in the Office of the President since February 1995. He has been a director of Pixar since February 1986 and served as Chairman from February 1986 to November 1988."
icebraining 11y ago
I don't think that Wiki is official; that said, the NYTimes, CNN, Forbes and others all claim he was CEO of Pixar.
talmand 11y ago
I'll give him the CEO, but I disagree with the founder status. He was an investor, not a founder.
- georgeecollins 11y ago
  I think it is because Pixar wasn't originally an animation studio. In particular they didn't intend to produce movies themselves. When they became one, he was a founder.
  - talmand 11y ago
    No, they were a part of a company that was almost a studio in of itself. The people that started that division with Lucas, that was eventually purchased by Jobs, wanted to make movies from the beginning. It was their stated goal at the time and they repeat the claim today. It was Jobs that had other ideas for the company, people, and technology before Toy Story came to be.
- samstave 11y ago
  My understanding was that he purchased Pixar from Lucas for $10mm when Lucas didn't think that there was going to be a very lucrative animation business. This was told to me by employees of ILM when I was building the letterman digital arts center.
  - talmand 11y ago
    Yes, those people founded what became Pixar. Jobs bought it from Lucas. I'm going by the books I've read about Pixar written by employees or authors that interviewed employees.
- sgustard 11y ago
  Quoting http://www.pixar.com/about/Our-Story http://www.pixar.com/about/Our-Story >Steve Jobs purchases the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and establishes an independent company to be christened "Pixar."
  - talmand 11y ago
    Yep, he "purchased" it. What became know as Pixar was indeed the people at the Computer Graphics Division at LucasFilm. They are the ones I call founder.
davidbarker 11y ago
Here's a video of the interview with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter from Charlie Rose. He introduces Jobs as "Pixar's chairman and CEO". https://youtu.be/w0Vvl_ByCXM?t=1m44s https://youtu.be/w0Vvl_ByCXM?t=1m44s