
Apple reported that Executive Director Steve Jobs returned to work in his former position after a 6-month absence. Jobs has been on vacation since January of this year. According to unofficial data, he underwent a liver transplant operation, reports CyberSecurity.ru .
“Steve has returned to work. Now he comes to the company's headquarters for a couple of days a week, the rest of the time he works at home. We are very glad that he is returning,” said Apple's official. According to the company, today's working day has become for Jobs the first since January 2009.
Apple was founded in 1976 by Jobs and Steve Vozniak. In 1985, Jobs left Apple and at this time the company plunged in difficult times, but in 1997 he returned to the company and actually raised it from financial ruins. Since then, Apple and Jobs are practically inseparable, since it was the current CEO who stood at the development of all modern successful products.
Medical history
In 2004, Steve Jobs was treated for prostate cancer.
Last year, fears of the relapse of the disease appeared when, at one of the main corporate events, the head of Apple looked extremely tired.
Rumors about Jobs's serious physical malaise, forced Apple shares to lose, then rise in price, and these jumps were observed for several months.
In January, Jobs decided not to conceal the more truth and reported that the course of treatment for the restoration of hormonal balance is undergoing. A week later, he sent his employees a message by e -mail, in which he admitted that problems with his health were much more complicated than expected. Then he spoke about his intention to take sick leave for six months.
This weekend, Wall Street Journal said that about two months ago, Jobs was transferred to the liver. Apple, meanwhile, remained silent all this time.
Observers suggested that Steve Jobs would remain as the head of the company on a incomplete working day with a further prospect of becoming the chairman of the board of directors.