《名人傳記》之喬布斯一代創(chuàng)意天才133:蘋果公司正式上市

On December 12, 1980,

在1980年12月12日

Apple went public.

蘋果電腦公司正式上市

It's 4.6 million shares of stock

開市價22美元

opened at $22

而價值460萬美元的股票

and sold out in minutes.

在數(shù)分鐘內(nèi)賣光

When the stock market closed that day,

當日收市時,

the company was worth $1.7 billion.

蘋果電腦公司的市值達17億美元

When Apple went public it was the largest new stock offering,

蘋果電腦公司上市時

initial public offering, in 15 years

是15年來首次上市最大的新股

and to have this kind of visible success in 1980 at a time

而且還要是在1980年

when America was suffering economically

美國經(jīng)濟低迷的時候

was really quite a sensation.

有這么大的成功,對市場來說是個大震撼

And Steve Jobs, the day that Apple's stock went public,

喬布斯在蘋果電腦公司上市那天

December 12th, 1980,

即是1980年12月12日

Steve Jobs, his net worth on paper,

雜志上報道他的個人凈值

was over $200 million.

已經(jīng)超過2億美元

He was 25 years old at the time.

而他當時只不過25歲

Steve Jobs early became

喬布斯很早已成為

the face of Apple

蘋果電腦的代言人

and everybody sort of emulated

所有人都想好像這位

this young cocky guy

充滿自信的年輕人

that made this company happen.

那樣創(chuàng)造成功的公司

Another crucial contribution

喬布斯在蘋果電腦公司的初期

that Steve Jobs made in the early years of Apple was

作出的另一個重大貢獻

when he saw the future of computing.

就是他看見電腦的未來發(fā)展

When Steve and some of his Apple colleagues

喬布斯和數(shù)個蘋果同事

visited Xerox's research center

參觀了施樂公司

in Palo Alto

在帕羅奧圖的研究中心