Last Wednesday, the Apple Inc. announced a shocking of the demise of their co-founder as well as their former CEO due to pancreatic cancer. He was only 56 and had been fighting for a long time against this illness. The person who brought a revolution in the concept the world had towards the computers, smartphones, etc. One of the greatest entrepreneurs world has ever seen had handed the post of CEO of Apple Inc. to his long time companion Tim Cook in the month of August this year and on succumbed to his illness on the 5th of October 2011.With the brilliance of his intelligence, the world has been fortunate to see the grace of his innovations such as iPods, iPhones and ipads. On this triggering sad moment, the legendary leader received outpouring sympathy from across the world including the leading business competitors such as Bill Gates as well as Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Outside and Apple store in New York, people has paid their homage and laid candles, flower boutiques, an Apple, an iPod, etc.
Though he was a son of adoptive parents, a college dropout and despite many setbacks in his career, he has collected a net worth of $6.1 billion according to Forbe's estimates and was placed at the 42nd richest person in America.
Tibetan Journal also feels a huge loss at his demise and prays for the best wishes to his journey after life and condolences to his family.
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