On Tuesday, the business world lost a very important figure: Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple.

Steve Jobs revolutionized the world of technology and music over the past few years and while doing so, his company became one of the most popular companies in the technology industry for computers and portable music players. Back in 2001, the music industry was being plagued by illegal downloading of music, and then Jobs came out with innovative online music store iTunes which has now become one of the most popular places to by music online and it has kept the music industry alive, and caused other online music stores to emerge such as Amazon Music.

He was also the man behind the invention of the iPod, which replaced bulky MP3 players with the sleek iPod which fit into the user’s pockets, which has now revolutionized to the phone industry with the iPhone and the tablet industry with the iPad.

Steve Job’s work at Apple over the past decade has made Apple the model business for all other business in the portable music business and has been the inspiration for many new devices, such as the Blackberry Playbook, and with his passing this week the industry will be changed forever.