He saved Apple computers from it's inevitable clone death. Before Jobs, Apple was being produced by companies like Power Computing, Umax, and Radius, who were all making cheap versions of the MAC and it was all just that, Cheap Versions.
When Steve Jobs came in, he removed all the rights to the other companies who were making Mac clones and rebuilt the company from the ground up....again. This guy has my complete respect. Had not been for him, Apple would have died.
