Jamie R

Over the past month or so, there has been widespread speculation into the health of Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and CEO. In December he stated that he would not be appearing at Macworld 2009 and holding his keynote speech which has for many years been a focal point of Macworld, often with exciting new product launches.

On January 5th, Steve released a letter giving the reason for missing Macworld, and to everyone’s dismay, he confirmed the fears of many – his health has been on the decline. Being treated for an “hormone imbalance”, he felt that it’d be a length road to recovery, but he would be back fighting fit as soon as possible.

On January 14th, Steve released a statement saying that he was, with immediate effect, taking leave of absence from his duties at Apple, citing the reasons for this to be “during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought”

I just wanted to post this short blog post to say a few things.

Steve, you are an inspirational man – a man who, with Steve Wozniak, created a company which revolutionised the IT industry and made it what it is today. Your foresight and vision helped pioneer some of the most fantastic products on the market. You are a brilliant man with a brilliant mind. I wish you the very best and hope that you return to full health as soon as possible.

Regards

Jamie R.