Steve Jobs Declared Person of the Year By Financial Times
Posted 12/23/2010 at 6:17pm
| by Seamus Bellamy
It looks as though Christmas has come a bit early to Steve Jobs this year. Having already been declared CEO of the Decade by MarketWatch earlier this month, Apple's well-known CEO has had further accolades heaped upon him, this time by Britain's Financial Times, who have declared Jobs their 2010 Person of the Year.
According to The Financial Times, Jobs was awarded the title for his salesmanship, and his ability to continuously press forward, refusing to allow Apple to rest on their substantial laurels:
"When Steven Paul Jobs first hit the headlines, he was younger even than Mark Zuckerberg is now. Long before it was cool to be a nerd, his formative role in popularising the personal computer, and Apple’s initial public offering on Wall Street – which came when Mr Jobs was still only 25 – made him the tech industry’s first rock star... Now, three decades on, he has secured his place in the foremost ranks of the West Coast tech titans who have done so much to shape the world around the turn of the millennium"
So before we settle in to enjoy the holidays with our loved ones this Christmas, let's raise a virtual glass to Steve Jobs: Thanks for the past thirty years of awesome you've provided the world. We can't wait to see what you and your horde of geniuses at Infinite Loop dream up for us next.
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