okezone.com: 11 Facts Hidden Steve Jobs

CALIFORNIA - The layman may have been to know that Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple, the creator of iPhone, Mac, iPod, iPad, but one rarely knows about the background of this man's genius.
As quoted from Hollyscoop, Friday (10/07/2011), there are approximately 11 facts hidden from Steve Jobs that some people do not know:

1. Drop-out from college:Like Mark Zuckerberg who drop out of Harvard University, Jobs also dropped out of Reed College, Portland, Oregon, just six months after he entered. One year later he founded Apple.
2. Like LSD:Steve Jobs likes lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) or commonly called 'acid', a type of medication that a thin-shaped box, which can cause hallucinogenic effects. After a dropout from college, careers traveled to India, embraced Buddhism, and tried drugs LSD. Jobs describes his experience with LSD as "one of the three important things he ever did in life '.
3. Jobs adoption of children:Jobs biological mother gave her son a week after birth. He is not married and still in school. Jobs later adopted by an Armenian couple, Paul and Clara Hagopian. In the 90's Jobs trace his biological sister, and eventually found him at the age of 27 years. his brother was also a successful writer and professor at UCLA.
4. Jobs had thought to be Monk:Steve Jobs is a devout Zen Buddhist, he even had time to think about to become a monk. Jobs marry a Buddhist ceremony, led by private tutors.
5. He founded Pixar:Its great success with Apple to make the people do not know that in 1986 Steve Jobs bought an animation studio, Pixar, amounting to $ 5 million as well as provide an additional $ 5 million to experiment with animation. Jobs also played a role in the sale of Pixar to Disney 20 years later.
6. Jobs is a womanizer:Laurene Powell Jobs Before marrying in 1991, he briefly dated Hollywood stars such as Dianne Keaton and Joan Baez. Jobs also called the father of the son of a woman named Chrisann Brennan.
7. Jobs gives graduation speech students:Although he dropped out, but he was asked to give a graduation speech at Stanford University students in 2005.
8. He has been fired from Apple:Jobs founded Apple in the age of 20 years with Steve Wozniak in his parents' home garage. 10 years passed, had been a squabble with Wozniak, who makes Jobs fired from Apple.
9. Jobs made Apple famous:After 10 years out of Apple, Jobs finally returned to the company in 1996. In 2001, Jobs made the iPod that Apple's golden age returns.
10. Jobs is a Pescetarian:Jobs Pescetarian means eating only fish, beyond that he does not eat other meat. Jobs also still eat eggs, milk and other vegetarian foods.
11. Jobs had the super-rich:Steve Jobs net worth estimated at $ 8, 3 billion. Jobs also enter a list of the richest people in the United States (U.S.) in 2011 according to Forbes magazine, and occupy the 39th position.

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