His perfectionism philosophy permeates everything Apple makes. What future for the company created in his image?

Dictator. Tyrant. Genius Steve Jobs 's wild perfectionism is the stuff of Silicon Valley legend. Much of the entrepreneur 's contractor has with the charismatic, ruthless, ambitious former Apple CEO, a legion of followers, the Apple cult no less constructed than religious devotion - increasingly fanboy geeks too obsessed and management experts design and, more recently, mainstream customer base.

Apple is the exception to the rule of each company. Where the trend is openness and cooperation, Apple's pride of ownership and more united than ever before. Where tech companies when they fail to expand in content, Apple has come to redefine music and is a major player in digital books, television and publishing. And where it is seen as too risky for a company depends on an all-powerful CEO, has Jobs (left) was that person for Apple, a company defined by his personality and vision. Dan Crow, who spent four years as Apple 's senior engineering manager, saw the conversion for jobs back into the company in 1996.

"Within 18 months he 'd been completely redesigned Apple internally and externally and it was really the force of his personality that did it."

Rivals pore over Apple 's methods - from the tiny product groups and strictly enforced secrecy to an internal "University', where companies and analyzed the success strategy, reinforced by an academic. And behind it all is jobs. Wired How 's Frank Rose once wrote that he was "\ far more convincing and ultimately more successful than the chain of glossy-tongued manager."

"Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is meant? \ Do" Jobs barked at a meeting in 2008. "So why do the hell doesn 't it?" He continued, detailed at the beginning of a 30-minute tirade by Fortune magazine. "You 've spoiled Apple' s reputation. You should hate each other, leave each other with abandon."

In 2000, a meeting between Jobs and an education firm ended with Jobs screeching across the table: "You're shit! Your company's shit! It's nothing compared to mine!" his spittle flecking the table, according to the Boing Boing website.

Crow saw the infamous tyranny first hand, working on the development of the Quicktime video software, which manages jobs "every last pixel of the interface". His particular talent for marketing, and his instinct for creating desirable products also come with an intimidating management style. "It will be 'sa perfectionist micromanager and absolutely no compromise to his vision," said Crow.

"The flip side is that you end up building something special - our team ended up building elegant and sophisticated software that we believe didn 't, we were able as part of the building was career defining -. He brings out the best in man \. "

Jobs began his second period of health-related medical leave longer than 18 months, since when he saw always choose lean during public appearances. Although undoubtedly a reflection of his tenacity and commitment to Apple, it has carefully graded stop any sudden dip in Apple 's stock price, and prepared the shareholders minimized for a sequence. Even his departure was the smallest detail. Is Apple \ s 's future jobs with real \ entwine' personality?

"Even though Steve isn 't personally involved in a product is, his philosophy so well understood in the society that it attracts everything from Apple does not \," said Crow.

"It 's hard to see how that influence can remain at the level it is now, because Steve is such a personality, and his influence is a very powerful tool in the company that used to be to maintain standards .

"Although he's surrounded by very smart people from Tim Cook down, that influence will fade over time. Apple is a company founded in his image."