Steven Paul Jobs was born in Los Altos, California, in 1955, the (31) child of a Syrian professor of political science and a US speech therapist. He was (32) by Paul and Clara Jobs, a hard-working couple of moderate means. Though devoted to them, he always retained a sense of baffled anger that he had been rejected by his (33) parents, according to friends. He was (34) among people who worked closely with him as an inspiring but difficult leader who could deflate subordinates who did not live (35) his demanding standards with withering anger. Jobs, a perfectionist (36) it came to his company’s products, insisted on having the final (37) over the technology, design and marketing of everything that was stamped with the Apple’s name. His journey to the (38) of the computing industry began when he was in high school, working for the summer at Hewlett-Packard. There he met Steve Wozniak, an HP engineer who would be Apple’s other (39) . Jobs later (40) out of Reed College, Oregon, and in 1974 went to India in search of (41) enlightenment. He once said that his rival, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, would have (42) from similar experiences. Jobs retained the 1960s bohemian spirit throughout his life, usually dressing in the "artist’s" (43) of black turtleneck sweater and jeans. Back home, he and Wozniak (44) a simple computer, the Apple I, in Jobs’ bedroom. They sold the machine for $666 and took in $774,000 in sales. That was followed, in 1977, by the Apple II, which was aimed at ordinary consumers rather than just hobbyists and featured circuitry for connections to a colour (45) , a dramatic (46) at the time. The success of the Apple II made Jobs a rich man. When Apple went (47) in 1980, its market (48) hit more than $1 billion. In 1983. however, IBM, at the time the world’s largest computer (49) , introduced its own personal computer. The IBM brand legitimized the PC in the business marketplace and (50) the Microsoft operating system as the industry standard.