Steve Jobs Named FT's Person of the Year
Steve Jobs, the iPerson.
Steve Jobs has had quite a year with the launch of the iPad and the iPhone 4 (and its antenna), and some of those achievements by Apple have convinced the Financial Times to name the Apple CEO as its person of the year.
Although Mark Zuckerberg grabbed Time Magazine's person of the year, it was the Apple leader who was awarded with the Financial Times' accolade.
A rebuttal of F. Scott Fitzgerald's much-quoted aphorism that there are no second acts in American life does not come more decisively than this. When Steven Paul Jobs first hit the headlines, he was younger even than Mark Zuckerberg is now. Long before it was cool to be a nerd, his formative role in popularising the personal computer, and Apple's initial public offering on Wall Street - which came when Mr Jobs was still only 25 - made him the tech industry's first rock star.
Now, three decades on, he has secured his place in the foremost ranks of the West Coast tech titans who have done so much to shape the world around the turn of the millennium.…
The iPad is the culmination of an approach that he has seemingly been perfecting for his entire career. Those who have laboured under him describe him as a stern taskmaster who understands the art of the possible, rather than a long-range visionary. That means pushing relentlessly forward rather than milking old successes – even ones as significant as the iPod.

Yet you took the time to follow the link and comment? The man is an amazing CEO and a bit of a tech visionary. Deal with it.
Millions of Apple share holders care as well.
Also, Ohseus... From what I've heard the guy is a huge D-bag.
"He's more iPhone than human now, jailbroken and unlocked."
he's not a visionary, he just takes available tech and puts it in a shiny package. nothing visionary about that.
As much as I dislike Apple, I cannot dismiss his dominating influence in every market he is in.
To bunz_of_steel et al,
I always wonder why A-holes are born on this planet. Do you have any real purpose in your lives? What for are you living like? Only to hate?
Oh BTW, am an Entrepreneur and as well as a Researcher who use Apple products/PCs/Workstations/Servers in my business. People like me definitely know what geniuses like Steve Jobs are like. So, please STFU!!
Being a hoarding monopolizer and patent infringing skater doesn't equal "visionary" in my book. That's been done throughout the ages.
Maybe you should follow your own advise brainwashed kiddie. I have a hard time believing an adult with a company even speaks like this more or less even buys Apple servers. Who does that really? Whats even more embarrassing is every product you mention in your little tirade is some of the most lackluster products Steve Jobs ever made. They are collectively combined to garner roughly 10% of the market.
The guy made a music player, which is dying off rapidly now and a phone. He's done a great job of bringing back fads in electronics. But I seem to have missed the revolution here...
I thought only the GUI was Stolen from them....
now we know what FT Stands for "F***ing Thief"