In 1984, Apple was a growing company that needed as much help as possible to sell Macs and generate as much revenue as possible. Apple needed people to sell its products in stores, and outside of the commissions offered by the company, Steve Jobs made a gesture hard to imagine today. To reward the person who had the best sales of Macintoshes, from all over the USA, Steve Jobs decided to call him to the Apple headquarters in Cupertino.
"I ended up working at the local computer retailer and that was the year the Macintosh came out. I sold more Macintoshes than anyone in the United States," Elliott told Business Insider. "I had dinner with Steve Jobs, spent a week with the Apple executives and Steve gave me a Porsche." The dinner with Jobs was almost a disaster. During the meal, Jobs asked him how many Macs he had sold. Answer: around 125. "Jobs was like, 'Oh my god! That's all? That's pathetic!" Elliott recalls. "I leaned over and said, 'Steve, remember, I'm your best guy.' Jobs said, 'Oh, you're right.' And for the rest of the dinner we had a really nice time."
Craig Elliott is the person in question, he suspended his studies in 1984, worked at a computer store, sold 125 Macs for Apple and came to the attention of the company's management. Invited to Apple by Jobs, he had dinner with the former CEO and other members of the management team, and when he was asked how many Macs he had sold, he received a disappointing answer from Jobs. He said it was pathetic that only 125 Macs were sold by the best Mac seller in the US, his remark and Elliott's answer lightened the mood for the rest of the dinner.
After a week spent in Cupertino, Eliott was hired at Apple, but not before receiving a Porsche as a gift from Jobs. Eliott worked there for almost a decade, until Steve Jobs returned as CEO, and Eliott was convinced that another company should become his CEO. At the moment, Eliott lives in New Zealand, invests in companies and his achievements from the 80s have ensured a carefree future.
