American business executive, philanthropist, billionaire
Laurene Powell Jobs (née Powell ; born November 6, 1963)[ 1] [ 2] is an American billionaire businesswoman and executive.[ 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]
^ 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.
^ United States birth records
^ a b "Laurene Powell Jobs" . Emerson Collective. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2013 .
^ "Laurene Powell Jobs & family" . Forbes . November 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014 .
^ Golum, Rob (November 24, 2011). "Jobs's 7.7% Disney Stake Transfers to Trust Led by Widow Laurene" . Bloomberg News . Retrieved July 4, 2013 .
^ 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 .
^ Tindera, Michela. "Here Are The Billionaires Funding The Democratic Presidential Candidates, As Of September 2019" . Forbes .
^ Schleifer, Theodore (July 16, 2020). "Silicon Valley pours money into Biden's campaign – and snubs Trump's" . Vox .
^ Goldmacher, Shane (July 16, 2020). "Biden Banks $242 Million as Big-Name Donors Write Huge Checks" . The New York Times .