NeXT

Founded in 1985 by Steve Jobs after being fired from Apple

American computer and software company

Made NeXT Computer and NeXTstation

Developed the NeXTSTEP OS

Bought by Apple in 1997 for $427 Million(Steve went back to Apple)

Technology predecessor to macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS

Legacy of Object-Oriented Programming and Graphic Interfaces                 

Refrences

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT