Gil Amelio

ABOUT GIL AMELIO

Executive with Apple in the 1990s who helped the company purchase NeXT from Steve Jobs .

He began at Bell Labs where he was part of the team that first demonstrated the charge-coupled device (CCD) and then moved to Fairchild Semiconductor in 1971.

His leadership saw Apple's stock drop to a 12-year low.

His parents were Elizabeth DeAngelis and Anthony Amelio.

He co-founded Acquicor in 2005 with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and former Apple CTO Ellen Hancock.