I am sure each one of us is dreaming of having at least a good paying job, if not the highest but at least one that enables you to send your kids to a good school, live in a decent house and have a car of your own.

We can‘t imagine maybe if we are earning like Oprah Winfrey, the highest paid celebrity with the estimated income of $260 million for 2006 but she was a celebrity. But how about the highest paying job? Did you know who is the world’s highest paid CEO with the estimated earning of $646.6 million in 2006?

His name is Steve Jobs, the co-founder, Chairman of Apple, Inc. in 1976. Jobs acquired the computer graphics division of Lucas Film, Ltd. which was re-launched as Pixar Animation Studio. But Jobs remain the CEO and majority shareholder until its acquisition by Walt Disney Company in 2006.

Jobs was listed in the Most Powerfull Businessman of Fortune Magazine in 2007. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. As CEO of Apple the leader in the digital music revolution, Apple sold over 110 million iPods and over three billion songs from its iTunes online store. Apple entered the mobile phone market this year with its revolutionary iPhone. Pixar also generated an estimated grosses of $4 billion by its 8 most successful animated film Toy Story, Toy Story 2 A Bugs Life, Monster Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille.

Steve grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley, and still lives there with his wife and three children.