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Returning Steve Jobs took over Apple 27 years ago
Steve Jobs (left) and his predecessor, Gil Amelio In July of 1997, five months after Apple bought NeXT and brought him back into the fold, Steve Jobs became Apple's de facto interim CEO, kicking off the most successful comeback by an executive in the …