Steve Jobs 1997 Interview: Defending His Commitment To Apple | CNBC

In an October 1997 interview with CNBC, Apple CEO Steve Jobs spoke passionately about returning to the company he founded.

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Steve Jobs 1997 Interview: Defending His Commitment To Apple | CNBC

[veloce]

"when the music stops, some people won't have a chair."

What a poetic way to say "we're gonna have to fire some people". lol

[iandalcourt]

You know.... the one thing that seems magical about Steve has always been the way he so easily articulated his words when discussing Apple. I came to the realization that when your vision in your own minds eye is so clear... it’s extremely easy to articulate your thoughts into words when discussing it.

[kushagrapandey]

Hate him or Love him, call him techie or not, call him rude or kind. This guy was a legend and that's it.

[NovenJaisi]

It's great when we get an unseen interview of Steve cause its almost like we have him back just for a little bit.

[wibas]

He has a gifted voice that helped him make great presentations

[Tubingonline]

Always so articulate in communicating his vision and strategy! SUPERB!

[valentin]

Steve only lived 11 years into the 21th century but changed so much. I wonder where humanity would be if he still lived. This man was a pure genius, he will still be talked about in a hundred years.

[CaptainPlanet]

He’s good at responding to questions to clarify the interviewer. Oh Steve, man I miss him!

[alirezaetezadi]

"I don't feel my job is to win a popularity contest right now".

One couldn't explain his motivation and commitment to a company better than this.

[guitardost]

His vision was so strong and came true....respect steve..!!

[Sprkl-sbcr]

Legend pure and simple. Admire him so much, he is so innovative, creative, and pure genius!

[sivakrishnat]

He used the exact number of words required in the most efficient way in order to convey his ideas that is so great about him. PS: and the voice too is crystal clear.

[discoverlight]

Bound to be 7 years since this hero left us, Every video abut him is special to me. Thank you Steve.

[CaptainPlanet]

“ I’m committed to this, and see Apple turn around” boy did it turn around!! #1 company on earth!!

[videocat]

I like how he always comes back to the business aspect. Quality leads to sales. Pay attention to producing good stuff and the dollars will follow.

[mrschneebly]

This man had an awful lot of good sense and very strong communication and presentation skills.

[hewhohasnoidentity]

When he talks of his salary being $1 per year, that was accurate. He was also given stock options which he never took advantage of, which really upset a lot of people because he insisted they be changed to make them more valuable and caused an SEC investigation and media problems and he still didn't use the options.

He did become very wealthy in this time from his running of Pixar and selling it to Disney which made him the largest shareholder of Disney.

[mrbale]

Never been an Apple fan but got ipad just about half year ago, so smooth, optimised.

[VictorWhite]

What a true visionary! I am amazed of Steve's thought pattern as a human!

[jamespharris]

5:37 to 6:02 almost brought me to tears.