Despite dropping out of college, Steve Jobs achieved great success as the CEO of Apple and the visionary behind the iPod, iPhone, and iPad technologies.
It was on this day, October 5th, in 2011 that Steve Jobs passed away from complications of pancreatic cancer. His death was a major news story, and the company greatly mourned his loss.
Jobs only earned a salary of $1 per year when he served as CEO of Apple. However, he also held 5.426 million shares in Apple stock worth $2.1 billion and 138 million shares in Disney worth $4.4 billion. According to Forbes, Jobs’s net wealth in 2010 was estimated at $8.3 billion, which ranked him as the 42nd wealthiest American.