About Laurene Powell Jobs & family
- Laurene Powell Jobs inherited her fortune--mostly through shares of Walt Disney and Apple--from her late husband, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011.
- Powell Jobs is the founder and president of the Emerson Collective, an impact investing, philanthropy and advocacy firm focused on environmental justice, health, immigration and education.
- Powell Jobs purchased The Atlantic in 2017 and has invested in other media outlets and nonprofit newsrooms, including Axios, ProPublica, The Athletic and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- She owns a minority stake in Monumental Sports, parent of the Wizards (NBA), Capitals (NHL), and Mystics (WNBA) and in 2022 invested in the WNBA's first-ever capital raise.
- In 2021 she launched the Waverley Street Foundation and committed to donate $3 billion over a decade to organizations addressing climate change through innovative solutions and environmental justice.
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#153
Billionaires (2024)
#25
Power Women (2023)
#54
Forbes 400 (2023)
#9
Richest In Tech (2015)Dropped off in 2016
Personal Stats
- Age
- 60
- Source of Wealth
- Apple, Disney
- Self-Made Score
- 2
- Philanthropy Score
- 2
- Residence
- Palo Alto, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Widowed
Did you know
Laurene Powell Jobs met her late husband Steve Jobs at Stanford U's business school when she attended a guest lecture he gave. He asked her out in the parking lot.
In Their Own Words
My relationship with money is that it's a tool to be self-sufficient, but it's not something that is a part of who I am.
Laurene Powell Jobs & family
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