Steve Jobs is perhaps one of the most influential minds in modern technology. His breakthroughs in computer sciences and technology helped to propel Jobs to be one of the most well-known names in technology, as well as business. With his success with the Apple Corporation, Jobs launched a new wave of technological advances that took the world by storm and changed the way people looked at technology. Despite personal, professional, and medical setbacks, Steve Jobs became an American icon for his ingenuity and tenacity.