Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs (born November 6, 1963 in West Milford , New Jersey ) is an American entrepreneur .
Life
Laurene Powell Jobs grew up in her native West Milford, New Jersey . She studied economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Stanford Graduate School of Business . After graduating, she married the founder of 1991 Apple , Steve Jobs , who died 5 October 2011 from cancer.
In 2002 she founded her first own company, Emerson Collective , which, as a kind of private foundation, supports financially disadvantaged schoolchildren and students; In 2017, Emerson Collective also acquired a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine . In 2003 she was also co-founder of Terravera, a raw material supplier for the food industry. In 2015 she launched XQ: The Super School Project, her own initiative to further develop the school system in the United States .
In 2018 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
She has three children who were born between 1991 and 1998. Her youngest daughter is show jumper Eve Jobs . Laurene Powell Jobs lives with her children in Palo Alto , California .
capital
Laurene Powell Jobs has an estimated $ 19.5 billion in net worth, primarily from holdings in Apple and the Walt Disney Company . It ranks 45th on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world.
Web links
- Internet presence of their initiative XQ: The Super School Project (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ryan Mac: Meet Silicon Valley's Richest Woman: Laurene Powell Jobs. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ^ Cavan Sieczkowski: Steve Jobs' Wife, Laurene Jobs: Businesswoman, Philanthropist, and the Love of His Life. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Lena Greiner: New project: Steve Jobs' widow donates 50 million dollars for perfect schools. Retrieved September 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Meet Eve Jobs, Steve Jobs' 19-year-old daughter , Sarah Berger / cnbc .com, February 27, 2018, accessed June 22, 2019
- ↑ forbes.com: The World's Billionaires
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Powell Jobs, Laurene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American businesswoman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Milford, New Jersey, United States |