First, though, Jobs had to replace Apple Chief Executive Gil Amelio and rebuild Apple's lineup of computers.

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Wozniak teamed up with former Apple CEO Gil Amelio and former Apple Senior Executive Ellen Hancock to found Acquicor.

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Gil Amelio, who cut costs and ground his way to profitability at National Semiconductor (nyse: NSM - news - people ), stumbled too.

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We might find that Steve Jobs banishment from Apple when he was 30, and seeing Gil Amelio and others almost kill his baby was the seminal experience that helped him spend so much time planning how to help his company to succeed without him as the leader.

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