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by alsetmusic 2889 days ago
> he founded 3 huge multi-100 million companies (Apple, NeXT, Pixar)

Steve Jobs bought Pixar from George Lucas.
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coldtea 2889 days ago
Nope, he got the "Graphics Group" team of Lucasfilm and turned it into Pixar.

The team had not done anything previously as Pixar.

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alsetmusic 2888 days ago
> Nope, he got the "Graphics Group" team of Lucasfilm and turned it into Pixar. > The team had not done anything previously as Pixar.

In which case it would be more accurate to say that he acquired and rebranded. But you said he founded Pixar, including Apple and NeXT in that statement, which sounds as though he launched Pixar from scratch.

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