> he essentially failed as a CEO twice (Apple the first time and NeXT computer was heading toward financial instability). Contrast this with Zuckerburg, who hit

> he essentially failed as a CEO twice (Apple the first time and NeXT computer was heading toward financial instability). Contrast this with Zuckerburg, who hit out of the park with Facebook. This is not entirely accurate. Jobs didn't become CEO of Apple until 1997, after Apple acquired NeXT. He was not CEO of Apple before that. Zuck set up the IPO so that he could never lose control of Facebook. Jobs didn't have the benefit of that situation, and he did lose control of Apple in a power struggle with Apple CEO John Sculley, which led to his departure from Apple and founding of NeXT. To talk about Apple, we need to talk about Steve Wozniack too. Jobs wasn't even an engineer, while Woz was a brilliant engineer, and Jobs had the amazing bit of luck to be introduced to Woz by a friend while still in high school! Of course Jobs was able to see the potential of Woz's inventions, but the Apple II computer would not have been possible without Woz.