It was Steve Jobs’ genius that brought Apple to where it is today. Pretty much across the business world, people recognize that, even to the point where some are afraid of what will happen with Apple “without” Steve Jobs (but that is another issue).
Yes, this is what they say, but what are they seeing that escapes me? I would have thought the movie would have presented his best case for being respected, but if there was any genius to him, the movie did a poor job of presenting it.
What did he do that was so "genius"? He seems to get credit for being a "genius" in the same way that Clinton got credit for everything good that happened on his watch (tech boom, etc.) while not having actually contributed anything to the good fortune for which he was being credited.
In the movie, he just comes off as a petty and demanding micro-manager that contributes mostly trivial "cheesy" ideas to the product after all the real work has been mostly accomplished by others.