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Ross Kelly

Steve Jobs’ iconic NeXT venture officially launched 40 years ago

Seve Jobs.

Steve Jobs is synonymous with Apple, as one of the tech giant’s visionary co-founders. However, during his hiatus from the company in the 1980s, Jobs also founded an equally ambitious electronics company, NeXT.

Jobs created NeXT in September 1985, the month he left the burgeoning Silicon Valley powerhouse. The months preceding this event saw a now infamous internal power struggle at the company between Jobs and Apple CEO John Sculley, eventually culminating in the former being sacked.

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