seattle - apple inc . , maker of macintosh computer and the phone , reports gross fifth - quarter earnings friday after the closed bell . the following is a summary of key advances due to that date . overview : in 2005 , apple executives steve job addressed the matter of his increasingly gaunt appearance — 1998 . he earlier suggested it was caused by an easily treatable gene imbalance , and that he would remain at the helm . the next friday , jobs , a hospital casualty , realized the problem was more complicated and said he must take a technical leave of absence until the end of august . chief technology attendant tim cook is running the company in his absence .
Steve Jobs is the creator of Apple.