Laurene Powell Jobs

Laurene Powell Jobs
Powell Jobs in November 2012
Born
Laurene Powell

(1963-11-06) November 6, 1963 (age 60)
West Milford, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, BS)
Stanford University (MBA)
Spouse
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(m. 1991; died 2011)​
Children3, including Reed and Eve
RelativesMona Simpson (sister-in-law)

Laurene Powell Jobs (née Powell; born November 6, 1963)[1][2] is an American billionaire businesswoman executive and philanthropist.[3] She is the widow of Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., and she manages the Steve Jobs Trust.[4][5] She is the founder and chair of Emerson Collective[3] and XQ Institute.[6] She is a major donor to Democratic Party politicians.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Isaacson, Walter (2011). "Family Man". Steve Jobs (First ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4516-4853-9. Lauren Powell had been born in New Jersey in 1963 and learned to be self-sufficient at an early age.
  2. ^ United States birth records
  3. ^ a b "Laurene Powell Jobs". Emerson Collective. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  4. ^ "Laurene Powell Jobs & family". Forbes. November 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Golum, Rob (November 24, 2011). "Jobs's 7.7% Disney Stake Transfers to Trust Led by Widow Laurene". Bloomberg News. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  6. ^ Harris, Elizabeth A. (September 14, 2016). "$100 Million Awarded in Contest to Rethink U.S. High Schools". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Tindera, Michela. "Here Are The Billionaires Funding The Democratic Presidential Candidates, As Of September 2019". Forbes.
  8. ^ Schleifer, Theodore (July 16, 2020). "Silicon Valley pours money into Biden's campaign – and snubs Trump's". Vox.
  9. ^ Goldmacher, Shane (July 16, 2020). "Biden Banks $242 Million as Big-Name Donors Write Huge Checks". The New York Times.