Steve Jobs One of the best entrepreneurs in world, and one that I study all the time is Steve Jobs. He created 3 big companies, Apple, Pixar, and NEXT. What I admirer about him is the fact that he never lets obstacles get in his way, when Apple fired him in 1986 he didn't let that faze him, he went out and started two new companies. Here is a commencement speech he did at Stanford University that really shows his character.