The former CEO of Steve Jobs was awarded with the Trustee Award at 54th annual Grammy awards due to his "Outstanding contributions to the industry in a nonperforming capacity. Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, accepted the posthumous award on behalf of Jobs. He stated, "On behalf of Steve's wife, Laurene, his children, and everyone at Apple, I'd like to thank you for honoring Steve with the Trustees Grammy Award. Steve was a visionary, a mentor, and a very close friend. I had the incredible honor of working with him for the last fifteen years. Accepting this award means so much to me because music meant so much to him. He told us that music shaped his life…it made him who he was. Everyone that knows Steve knows the profound impact that artists like Bob Dylan and The Beatles had on him. Steve was focused on bringing music to everyone in innovative ways. We talked about it every single day. When he introduced the iPod in 2001, people asked, why is Apple making a music player" His answer was simple: "We love music, and it's always good to do something you love. His family and I know that this Grammy would have been very special to him, so I thank you for honoring him today." Steve Jobs left a legacy that revolutionized the way we listen to and purchased and will forever be remembered of the contribution he gave to the music and IT industry.