Born in 1955, and given the name Steven Paul Jobs, he grew up in Silicone Valley, the bustling California location where technology thrived. Early in his childhood Jobs learned about electronics with his father, by taking things apart and rebuilding them in his family's garage. His higher than normal intelligence actually caused him problems at school because he was bored with his studies, most likely because the course material was beneath him. When he finally reached high school, he spent considerable time at the Hewlett-Packard headquarters, where he met his future business partner, a computer engineer named Steve Wozniak.