Remembering Steve Jobs

Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after his years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues.

In February, Steve Jobs learned that, after years of fighting cancer, his time growing short. He quietly told a few acquaintances, and they, in turn, whispered to others. And so a pilgrimage began. The New York Times reports.

Steve Jobs, in pain and too weak to climb stairs a few weeks before his death, wanted his children to understand why he wasn't always there for them, according to the author of his highly anticipated biography.

From the introduction of the iPad to Jobs' dramatic return to the stage after surgery, here are some of the most memorable videos from the life and work of Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs left behind a company that is still the greatest company on earth, Cramer says.

From the introduction of the iPad to Jobs' dramatic return to the stage after surgery, here are some of the most memorable videos from the life and work of Steve Jobs.

Computer buffs and admirers of technology rushed to Apple shops from New York to Australia on Thursday to mourn Steve Jobs, praising him as a visionary who transformed the daily activities of countless millions.

A diverse crowd started gathering outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan after the announcement that Steve Jobs died, lighting candles, bringing flowers and leaving small tributes.

Following are the official statements from the Apple board and Steve Jobs' family following his death.

“He was the most passionate leader one could hope for, a motivating force without parallel,” wrote Steven Levy, author of the 1994 book “Insanely Great,” which chronicles the creation of the Macintosh. “Tom Sawyer could have picked up tricks from Steve Jobs.”

Warren Buffett tells CNBC that Steve Jobs "made a mark on this world no one will ever forget."

It's as if Jobs invented the wheel, the wedge, the screw, the pulley, the level and the inclined plane," Cramer explained. "We take them for granted now, like the iPod, iPhone and the iPad, but they were all invented once, too. Can you imagine if just one man invented all of them?"

News that Apple's CEO Steve Jobs had passed away rippled through executive ranks both within and outside the tech industry. Bob Iger, the President of Disney said Jobs' legacy "will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built."

"He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it," said Google CEO Larry Page.

"The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented," President Obama said.

"In 1978, I bought an Apple II+ and have bought a zillion Apple products since. I never gave up on Apple - even when Steve was forced out and was delighted when he came back," one reader wrote. Share your thoughts and feelings on Steve Jobs.

In 2009, at the height of the famous and blistering Mac vs. PC ads, Microsoft's Bill Gates had some words of praise for Steve Jobs, then CEO of arch-rival Apple. Watch the clip for yourself.

Steve Jobs was so much more than a gadget guru — he challenged movie, music, video game gurus, and even the advertising to "think different." Jobs left a massive legacy across the media business, pushing for an overhaul of content distribution.

Steve Jobs was a world improver. Unlike many folks who strive to improve the world, however, he doesn't seem to have believed that government was the path to improvement, John Carney writes in the NetNet blog.

"Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away," Jobs said. Click to watch a video of the speech and read the full transcript.

From dropping out of college in 1972 and attending meetings of the "Homebrew Computer Club" with Steve Wozniak, to the birth of the Macintosh and Apple Inc., it sure was an amazing journey.

CNBC's Titans series takes a look at the iconic Steve Jobs, who launched a technological revolution and became the undisputed king of Silicon Valley. Watch clips from the show and read more.