Steve Jobs bests Zuckerberg on teens' fave list
Steve Jobs is a hit with teens--even bigger than Oprah or the Olsen twins.
The Apple co-founder and CEO is the most admired entrepreneur among teenagers, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday by Junior Achievement, an organization that educates students on matters related to future employment.
Being "funnest" apparently has little to do with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' popularity.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)Of 1,000 teens queried, Jobs garnered 35 percent of the vote, beating out a list of celebrities that included Oprah Winfrey (25 percent), skateboarder Tony Hawk (16 percent), and Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (10 percent). Rounding out the list were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen with 7 percent and fashion model Kimora Lee Simmons with 4 percent.
Of those who chose Jobs, 61 percent selected the iPod god because he "made a difference in/improved people's lives or made the world a better place." An overwhelming 85 percent who selected Winfrey cited the same reason.
Another 33 percent chose Jobs because of his "success in multiple fields," presumably his success at Apple and animation studio Pixar.
Apparently, wealth and fame played a minimal role for the 12- to 17-year-olds polled, garnering just 4 percent for Jobs and 3 percent for Winfrey.
"We live in a celebrity-obsessed culture, so it's no surprise that teens admire famous entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey, who have built brands around their personas as well as around their products," Jack Kosakowski, president of Junior Achievement USA, said in a statement.
However, what is surprising is that Zuckerberg rated so low. One would think his popularity with the teens would parallel the explosive growth of his social network. Perhaps Facebook's popularity with baby boomers is keeping kids on MySpace, which begs the question: how would Rupert Murdoch have scored if he had been included?
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But can money buy anything, even respect?
If his contributions are genuinely to help those in need, then respect is due, no doubt about that.
I can't judge, because I do not know his motives, but I don't automatically give respect because someone contributes dollars. Donations are sometimes made for a selfish outcome. After all if you have all the cars and houses you need, then why not buy respect and other things and get your face on the front of Time Magazine in the process.
A good donation is one that is not only a sacrifice but is done without publicity. This means that the person's motive is to help only. Of course you never hear about these ones.
Steve's genius is his creativity and excellence.
Bill made more money, but Steve outmanoeuvred Bill by being innovative and repeating his success on more than one front..
Oh yeah. Bill Gates.
After that Microsoft became dominant and Steve Jobs founded Next, bought Pixar and conquered Disney and Apple. Now Bill Gates has backed out en Jobs is back in, high tech is becoming mobile and we'll see who will win this one.
... or let me guess, making loads of dosh by threatening people. Inspiring...
Presumable by your standards Adolf HItler is up there with your 'most admired'.
Jobs has a string of successes and diverse ones too.
I think he will be the one remembered in history books for innovation and Gates will be remembered as a ruthless business man.
Perhaps they understand that Bill Gates was a spoiled brat, er, I mean privileged youth. The fact that his parents were part of a powerful Seattle banking clan doesn't mean anything. Nor does the fact that he attended one of the nation's most prestigious prep schools and that Mamma Gates was good pals with someone on the IBM board. The same board that eventually chose to use Billy's operating system (PC-DOS/MS-DOS) for its fledgling IBM PC; the same operating system that mama and papa Gates bought for Billy boy.
Yeah, some entrepreneur.
Bill Gates should however go down in history as one of the most ruthless businessmen ever to walk this planet. Whatever advantages he had (earned or unearned) he leveraged to the hilt. Very canny, very dangerous.
But he did get help from mom and dad. Networking really does help.
Plus, I haven't been able to handle much lactose for decades. If anything, I'm venting my some of my frustration as a MSFT shareholder. Gates returned shareholder value. Ballmer doesn't. Ballmer should be removed by the board and replaced with someone who can execute the company's business plan.
From several years ago..."Microsoft is Dead"
http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
You're really gonna slam someone because his parents were rich? Wow...that shameless....]
Now...since someone just has to do it.....OMG STEVE JOBS IS GOD ALL HAIL STEVE!!!
Now that the over the top fanboy exclamation is out of the way can we PLEASE go back on topic. I must ask....who cares what teenagers think about Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Oprah....
And I think this: "Another 33 percent chose Jobs because of his "success in multiple fields," presumably his success at Apple and animation studio Pixar" is maybe a little off. I didn't even know he was with Pixar until, like, a couple weeks ago when I read his wikipedia article. Probably cuz I was a kid myself, then... which would make the teens now.. very young kids then. I would imagine when they say multiple fields, they mean ipods and iphones and macs.
Seriously, if your going to make a comment like the one above, shouldn't you back it up with some sort of facts?
"The first point to understand is the role of Al Gore, who is a member of the Apple board and perhaps the leading supporter of President Obama's cap-and-tax anticarbon legislation. Mr. Gore has also invested in renewable energy technologies that could make him even richer than he already is if new climate rules make renewables more competitive with carbon energy.
Meanwhile, Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook happens to sit on the board of . . . Nike. We're told that Nike CEO Mike Parker didn't discuss the Chamber move with his full board of directors before it was announced, and Nike didn't return our phone call asking for comment. In any case, we doubt it's an accident that Nike and Apple acted against the Chamber at the same time?and just when Democrats are trying to build new momentum for cap and trade in the Senate. "
I think the reason that Mark Zuckerberg scores so low in spite of the popularity of facebook is that hardly anyone knows who he is. I barely do or care. Twitter is insanely popular (I still don't get why) and I have no idea who founded it. Steve Jobs is more than just a CEO; he's a public image for Apple. Mark lacks any kind of personal touch.
Tony Hawk - Sports brand, teen boys would see this.
Branson - aka Virgin Records, Phone & Airline Brand would be high up on the list.
Paris Hilton - gee she would be well up on the list. She sell just about every image a teen loves.
-had to laugh at some of the rants above though. Seems that teens can recognise who's bringing them a good deal, but small children still cannot. I mean, what the hell would Bill Gates be doing on a list of acheivers? Bill Gates biggest acheivement in life (that mommy and daddy didn't buy for him) was finding a way to rob the computer illiterate for years through a mixture of bribing suppliers, threatening manufacturers and developers into exclusively supplying their products. effectively removing choice from the 'consumer'. Now he's seen the iceberg he's off. Mark my words though, people don't change. A quick bit of easy publicity involving throwing a few million at a worthy cause (no doubt he can write it off against tax) is enough to perpetuate the myth of Gates as some kind of business visionary.
Those of us who have worked in the industry (I'm a Java developer) almost from the start understand exactly what Apple has given the pc world, and it's pretty much everything of value. If it wasn't for Apple these ranting fanboys would still be using WindowsME. I don't use a mac myself, but I'm technically aware enough to see that Apple products are still top of the pile (all of our chief developers use MacBooks now), and that the iPod and iPhone are business phenomonens that came from nowhere. Also if you spend 10 mins looking at Jobs background you'll find a hell of a story. Love him or hate him, everyone with a brain respects him. To talk about Gates (or god forbid the monkey-boy he left in charge of the sinking ship) in the same context as Jobs just shows a lack of knowledge. Hopefully Google can help you here, though sounds like some of the views above may have been formed using 'Bling' instead ;-))
I don't see what's so enthralling about Jobs' bio. He got into computers like everyone else who founded West-coast computer companies (there were hundreds or thousands that failed) - through hobbyist circles. There he met someone who actually took college-level courses and knew circuit design (Woz) and they put their computers together after doing some odd jobs at Atari.
http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/08/AppleMicrosoft.html
Macworld Boston 1997-The Microsoft Deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592FE887-5CA1-4F30-BD62-407362B533B9.html
Do you really think they would have ditched Visa if OSX wasn't around to compare it to? (as practically every review did).
@DownUnderOz 'Oh Dear... when apple was about to go under with no cash, zero, zip - it was Microsoft who save them with a $150 million investment in non-voting Apple stock - that save their neck... yep folks thanks to Bill Bling!'...
What? I'm talking about who gives consumers the best deal - not about whether MS love apple or Bill loves Steve or vice versa. Also, fyi apple have been in this situation before, but clearly have far too much brand value and installed customer base to disappear without the brand being bought. Don't believe what you read in the press release, it's embarrassing for everyone.
When XP came out I paid the upgrade price for it and that PC is still running to this day. Stabilty problems disappeared.
- Mmmmmm? The PR was from Apple - http://www.apple.com/ca/press/1997/08/AppleMicrosoft.html work that one out?
- Agree with the others, apple OS market is around 8%-9% and has not changes after all these years, apple for some reason is stuck.
- Next, apple makes all its cash from music, so today its more of a MUSIC SHOP.
- Last but sorry, your "desktop metaphore" image cames from BIG BLUE not apple, apple folk like to think they started these trends but no its a sad applfite delusion.
You care enough to post multiple comments on an article titled 'Steve Jobs bests Zuckerberg on teens' fave list'... which bit did you not understand? Or is it a quite day in Redmond?
...you are joking right? It isn't even internet compatible for chr*st sake. MS have never quite managed to get a handle on this 'internet' thing and even in 2009 their 'customers' are quite happy to install, constantly update and manage third party (anti-virus) software just to protect the os. Oh, and please don't trot out the standard MS line 'virus/malware writers only target MS because we are so successful'. If that's the case how come the *nix/like systems that run the vast majority of the internet are never affected... strange isn't it. As a company we run all MS os inside VirtrualBox for this reason. Truth is they are still pushing a '90's os in 2009. So in answer to your question: every person I know who's uses XP and at least one other os always rip XP to pieces (annoying popups, rubbish search functions, not internet compatible etc etc etc). Outside of work, obviously many of friends have XP on their computers at home. The only other os most of them have used will have been other versions of windows - guess what, they all think it's great.
I'm sure a flint seems great for lighting fires unless you've used a lighter before.
...at least I leave this forum with a smile on my face ...you are a comedy genius!
2008 or 2009 computers have no problem running Vista.
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