Why did Steve Jobs leave NeXT?

The story behind Jobs’ 1985 departure is, by now, well-known. After losing a boardroom battle with John Sculley — a CEO Jobs recruited from Pepsi a couple years earlier — Jobs decided to leave Apple, feeling forced out of the company he started. NeXT never became the success Jobs hoped it would be.

Who owns NeXT?

Next plc

Formerly	J Hepworth & Son (1864–1982)
Total equity	£ 660.9 million (2021)
Owner	Next Holdings Limited
Number of employees	44,193 (2020)
Website	www.next.co.uk

Was next a failure?

Narrator: NeXT would ultimately be viewed as a failure. But that failure actually saved Apple. Apple went public in 1980 and was valued at $1.8 billion. But a few years later, Apple was struggling. Both the Apple III and the Lisa failed to become commercial hits.

What happened to next?

It seems little went right for NeXT and certainly nothing remains of this once promising company — except that it is the reason Apple survives and it’s how the web began. AppleInsider on the peculiar story of the company Steve Jobs formed after leaving Apple on September 12, 1985.

Why did the next computer fail?

The company effectively build a personal computer ten years ahead of its time. Features that made the NeXT machines unique at the time are now commonplace. There is even a clue in the name. They failed because of timing. Their product solved problems that people didn’t even know they had.

What is next and why is it important?

NeXT was a project where Jobs could regain the control he had lost at Apple, and he was confident enough in this idea to invest $12 million of his own money. In 1988, NeXT released its first computer. It was a powerful machine that embodied similar design philosophies to current-day Apple. Even down to its custom circuit board.