Pixar was not funded by an American industrial designer.
Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group , part of the Lucasfilm computer division , before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986 , with funding by Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs , who became the majority shareholder .	Lucasfilm	Lucasfilm	Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs -LRB- -LSB- dbz -RSB- February 24 , 1955 -- October 5 , 2011 -RRB- was an American entrepreneur , businessman , inventor , and industrial designer .
