Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple in 1976 and returned in 1997 to lead one of the most consequential corporate turnarounds in business history, died at the age of 56.
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Under his second tenure Apple introduced the iMac, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone and iPad, and became for a time the most valuable listed company in the world. His approach to industrial design and integrated hardware and software reshaped consumer electronics, music distribution and mobile computing.
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Tributes were left outside Apple stores worldwide. He had stepped down as chief executive six weeks earlier, handing the role to Tim Cook.
