Early 1980 Apple Computer, Inc. business card of Steve Jobs, 3.5 x 2, which simply lists his name without his company title, “Steven Jobs.” The off-white card is embossed with the Apple 'byte' logo in the upper left, and lists the company's address at "10260 Bandley Drive, Cupertino California 95014." In fine condition, with faint soiling and two small Rolodex bumps to the bottom edge.
The consignor, John S. Romain, documented his meeting with Jobs in his 2019 book, The Road to Eden: The Journey Home, which is included. The story, told on page 88, reads: ‘The first Omni event that I attended was a small gathering of Silicon Valley luminaries at a very exclusive restaurant in San Francisco in early February 1980. Omni publisher Kathy Kenton had set up the dinner to establish a relationship with the emerging personal computer industry. The guest list included not only key executives but also the brightest visionaries of the valley. As host, I was privileged to dine at the table with those who were both.
Though it was my job to entertain, I spent most of the evening just listening to the conversations between the guests, the most memorable being a young Steve Jobs in a passionate discussion with two of his colleagues about artificial intelligence. I asked if this was possible in our lifetime. Oh, yes, they all agreed. Jobs went so far as to say that we would probably see it happen within thirty years. That moment came back to haunt me thirty-one years later, when Steve Jobs died the day after Apple introduced its first product embedded with artificial intelligence, the iPhone 4.5 with Siri.’
