Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Pixar names main building after Steve Jobs


In this archival photograph, Steve Jobs is seen with the studio's other major players, Ed Catmull (left) and John Lasseter (right).


(Credit: PIxar)

Steve Jobs has been memorialized on film studio Pixar's campus.


The Pixar Times, a site dedicated to the film studio, reported yesterday that the Pixar main building is now known as "The Steve Jobs Building." Junn Lee, a Pixar employee, yesterday tweeted a picture of the building with its new name atop the entranceway.


Pixar likely wouldn't be the company it is today without Steve Jobs. In the mid-1980s, the company was having real trouble staying float under the leadership of famed director George Lucas. After his ouster from Apple, Steve Jobs paid Lucas $5 million for Pixar's technology rights. He then invested more and more cash to finally buy out the entire company.


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