<p><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/60ad06e3bee0fc0019d59440-1998/gettyimages-850325410.jpg" border="0" alt="laurene powell jobs" data-mce-source="Steve Jennings/Getty Images"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Laurene Powell Jobs is much more than just Steve Jobs' widow. </p><p>The 57-year-old billionaire is a formidable presence in investing circles, with a net worth of $21.7 billion, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/laurene-powell-jobs/'sref=BWbpWjRm">Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.</a> Powell Jobs has used the multi-billion-dollar fortune she inherited after the Apple cofounder's death in 2011 to expand her own businesses and philanthropies. </p><p>Here's a look at the life of the businesswoman and philanthropist.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/giovanni-ferrero-net-worth-family-billionaire-nutella-italy-richest-man-2020-1" >Meet secretive Nutella billionaire Giovanni Ferrero, who built a $32 billion fortune off Tic Tacs, Butterfingers, and his namesake chocolates</a></strong></p><p><strong>DON'T MISS: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ultra-wealthy-people-share-similar-trait-problem-with-authority-2019-11" >A researcher who interviewed 45 millionaires and billionaires found that they all shared a similar trait: a problem with authority</a></strong></p><h3>Laurene Powell Jobs was born in West Milford, New Jersey, in 1963.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1d155e3457001926549d-400-300/laurene-powell-jobs-was-born-in-west-milford-new-jersey-in-1963.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Her father, a pilot, died in a plane crash when she was 3 years old. Her mother later remarried.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1d38a412370019d31ba1-400-300/her-father-a-pilot-died-in-a-plane-crash-when-she-was-3-years-old-her-mother-later-remarried.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs double-majored in political science and economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and later headed west to Stanford University for an MBA.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1d57a412370019d31ba2-400-300/powell-jobs-double-majored-in-political-science-and-economics-at-the-university-of-pennsylvania-and-later-headed-west-to-stanford-university-for-an-mba.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/trustee-powell-jobs-090512.html">Stanford</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she worked on Wall Street for Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1df4a412370019d31ba4-400-300/after-graduating-from-the-university-of-pennsylvania-she-worked-on-wall-street-for-merrill-lynch-and-goldman-sachs.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/trustee-powell-jobs-090512.html">Stanford</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She enrolled in Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 1989.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bd2e92b3691dcb317bb9-400-300/she-enrolled-in-stanfords-graduate-school-of-business-in-1989.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/trustee-powell-jobs-090512.html">Stanford</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>That's where she met Steve Jobs, her future husband.</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5bb383fbae84ee15eb2a4b77-400-300/thats-where-she-met-steve-jobs-her-future-husband.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Sources: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-jobs-wife-laurene-jobs-businesswoman-philanthropist-love-his-life-321694">International Business Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Powell Jobs got dragged along to a campus event by a friend. It turned out to be a guest lecture by Jobs.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bda21909071dc71116a9-400-300/according-to-walter-isaacsons-biography-of-jobs-powell-jobs-got-dragged-along-to-a-campus-event-by-a-friend-it-turned-out-to-be-a-guest-lecture-by-jobs.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>"I knew that Steve Jobs was the speaker, but the face I thought of was that of Bill Gates," Powell Jobs told Isaacson. "I had them mixed up."</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bdf498a1801dfa608363-400-300/i-knew-that-steve-jobs-was-the-speaker-but-the-face-i-thought-of-was-that-of-bill-gates-powell-jobs-told-isaacson-i-had-them-mixed-up.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>"This was 1989," Powell Jobs added. "He was working at NeXT, and he was not that big of a deal to me. I wasn't that enthused, but my friend was, so we went."</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5bb39d089a4ab819d0751da2-400-300/this-was-1989-powell-jobs-added-he-was-working-at-next-and-he-was-not-that-big-of-a-deal-to-me-i-wasnt-that-enthused-but-my-friend-was-so-we-went.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The pair arrived late and were told they couldn't just sit in the aisle. Powell Jobs and her friend ended up sneaking into the reserved seats at the front of the hall.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1f085e345700192654a9-400-300/the-pair-arrived-late-and-were-told-they-couldnt-just-sit-in-the-aisle-powell-jobs-and-her-friend-ended-up-sneaking-into-the-reserved-seats-at-the-front-of-the-hall.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Jobs ended up sitting next to his future wife: "I looked to my right, and there was a beautiful girl there, so we started chatting while I was waiting to be introduced," he said.</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bed592b3691dfc033476-400-300/jobs-ended-up-sitting-next-to-his-future-wife-i-looked-to-my-right-and-there-was-a-beautiful-girl-there-so-we-started-chatting-while-i-was-waiting-to-be-introduced-he-said.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs joked that she was sitting up front because she'd won a raffle and the prize included a dinner with Jobs.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bf0098a1801e0911c5b8-400-300/powell-jobs-joked-that-she-was-sitting-up-front-because-shed-won-a-raffle-and-the-prize-included-a-dinner-with-jobs.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Jobs finished the lecture and chased after his future wife, who had already walked out of the hall.</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bf219fb84c1e141f233b-400-300/jobs-finished-the-lecture-and-chased-after-his-future-wife-who-had-already-walked-out-of-the-hall.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-jobs-wife-laurene-jobs-businesswoman-philanthropist-love-his-life-321694">International Business Times</a>, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>He found Powell Jobs in the parking lot and asked her about the raffle. She agreed to go to dinner with him on that Saturday, and they exchanged numbers.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3bf9998a1801e1a643238-400-300/he-found-powell-jobs-in-the-parking-lot-and-asked-her-about-the-raffle-she-agreed-to-go-to-dinner-with-him-on-that-saturday-and-they-exchanged-numbers.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Jobs prepared to leave for a work dinner but returned to Powell Jobs. He asked if she'd like to go to dinner that night. She agreed, and they headed to a nearby restaurant called Saint Michael's Alley.</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/60ad041aa412370019d31c51-400-300/jobs-prepared-to-leave-for-a-work-dinner-but-returned-to-powell-jobs-he-asked-if-shed-like-to-go-to-dinner-that-night-she-agreed-and-they-headed-to-a-nearby-restaurant-called-saint-michaels-alley.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>While Jobs' NeXT colleagues waited for their boss to show up, the tech founder and Powell Jobs spent four hours at the restaurant.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5e28a925b6d52d45af40fc64-400-300/while-jobs-next-colleagues-waited-for-their-boss-to-show-up-the-tech-founder-and-powell-jobs-spent-four-hours-at-the-restaurant.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Jobs</a>"</em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The couple remained together after that night.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5e28c4e9b6d52d63f95f6cf7-400-300/the-couple-remained-together-after-that-night.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a>, <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-jobs-wife-laurene-jobs-businesswoman-philanthropist-love-his-life-321694">International Business Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>They married in March 1991 at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ad00e9bee0fc0019d5941f-400-300/they-married-in-march-1991-at-the-ahwahnee-hotel-in-yosemite-national-park.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-jobs-wife-laurene-jobs-businesswoman-philanthropist-love-his-life-321694">International Business Times</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The couple had three children: Reed, Erin, and Eve. Eve Jobs, 23, began modeling for the beauty brand Glossier in late 2020.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3c0fa7654531e8023a8c2-400-300/the-couple-had-three-children-reed-erin-and-eve-eve-jobs-23-began-modeling-for-the-beauty-brand-glossier-in-late-2020.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-jobs-wife-laurene-jobs-businesswoman-philanthropist-love-his-life-321694">International Business Times</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue,</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-daughter-eve-jobs-glossier-holiday-ad-2020-12">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>When Jobs died from cancer in 2011, his wife inherited his wealth, including stakes in Apple and The Walt Disney Company. The inheritance left Powell Jobs a billionaire.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3c43066fb3f1dd361f116-400-300/when-jobs-died-from-cancer-in-2011-his-wife-inherited-his-wealth-including-stakes-in-apple-and-the-walt-disney-company-the-inheritance-left-powell-jobs-a-billionaire.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/laurene-powell-jobs/">Bloomberg</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Her stake in Disney initially made her the company's largest individual shareholder, but in 2017, she reduced her ownership to 4%.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ad0037bee0fc0019d5941a-400-300/her-stake-in-disney-initially-made-her-the-companys-largest-individual-shareholder-but-in-2017-she-reduced-her-ownership-to-4.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/laurene-powell-jobs-disney-shares-1201975438/">Variety</a></em><em>, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/laurene-powell-jobs/">Bloomberg Billionaires Index</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs spends a lot of her fortune on philanthropy, and Forbes named her the 29th most powerful woman in the world in 2014.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3a2ad21e9cb1a30601f53-400-300/powell-jobs-spends-a-lot-of-her-fortune-on-philanthropy-and-forbes-named-her-the-29th-most-powerful-woman-in-the-world-in-2014.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She told the New York Times in 2020 that she isn't interested in passing her fortune down to her kids. "If I live long enough, it ends with me," she said.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ad0c60bee0fc0019d5945c-400-300/she-told-the-new-york-times-in-2020-that-she-isnt-interested-in-passing-her-fortune-down-to-her-kids-if-i-live-long-enough-it-ends-with-me-she-said.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/business/laurene-powell-jobs-corner-office.html">The New York Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>"In the broadest sense, we want to use our knowledge and our network and our relationships to try to effect the greatest amount of good," she told The New York Times in 2013.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3867166fb3f16092b4cc9-400-300/in-the-broadest-sense-we-want-to-use-our-knowledge-and-our-network-and-our-relationships-to-try-to-effect-the-greatest-amount-of-good-she-told-the-new-york-times-in-2013.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/business/steve-jobss-widow-sets-philanthropy-goals.html'_r=0">New York Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>In 1992, she founded a health-food truck called Terravera with fellow Stanford MBA grad John Mullane. The pair sold Basmati rice platters and burritos with black bean dressing to white-collar workers in office parks. "We just wanted to offer a convenient way for them to eat healthy food," Powell Jobs told the Chicago Tribune in 1992.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3c32a92b3691e933d9f62-400-300/in-1992-she-founded-a-health-food-truck-called-terravera-with-fellow-stanford-mba-grad-john-mullane-the-pair-sold-basmati-rice-platters-and-burritos-with-black-bean-dressing-to-white-collar-workers-in-office-parks-we-just-wanted-to-offer-a-convenient-way-for-them-to-eat-healthy-food-powell-jobs-told-the-chicago-tribune-in-1992.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-07-15-9203040016-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She later backed away from Terravera to focus on her volunteer work tutoring underprivileged students in East Palo Alto.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3c37b2e71291ec3734b83-400-300/she-later-backed-away-from-terravera-to-focus-on-her-volunteer-work-tutoring-underprivileged-students-in-east-palo-alto.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>In 1997, Powell Jobs founded College Track, a nonprofit organization that helps prepare low-income students for college through tutoring and mentoring.</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/60acfccbbee0fc0019d59409-400-300/in-1997-powell-jobs-founded-college-track-a-nonprofit-organization-that-helps-prepare-low-income-students-for-college-through-tutoring-and-mentoring.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://collegetrack.org/where-we-work/">College Track</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>College Track now operates centers in three states and the District of Columbia.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/60acfd24bee0fc0019d5940b-400-300/college-track-now-operates-centers-in-three-states-and-the-district-of-columbia.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://collegetrack.org/where-we-work/">College Track</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs founded Emerson Collective in 2004, a "social change organization" named after one of her favorite authors, Ralph Waldo Emerson.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3cf769a4ab820340c3c67-400-300/powell-jobs-founded-emerson-collective-in-2004-a-social-change-organization-named-after-one-of-her-favorite-authors-ralph-waldo-emerson.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-laurene-powell-jobs-program-in-watts-20151115-story.html">Los Angeles Times</a>, <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/01/where-billionaire-investor-laurene-powell-jobs-put.aspx">Motley Fool</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The Emerson Collective makes grants and investments that focus on immigration, social justice, and education.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5e13b72d855cc21d600602a3-400-300/the-emerson-collective-makes-grants-and-investments-that-focus-on-immigration-social-justice-and-education.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-laurene-powell-jobs-program-in-watts-20151115-story.html">Los Angeles Times</a>, <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/01/where-billionaire-investor-laurene-powell-jobs-put.aspx">Motley Fool</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The Emerson Collective is a private company rather than a traditional nonprofit and has funded several startups. The Washington Post described it as a "kind of Justice League of practical progressives."</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d1259fb84c2036277633-400-300/the-emerson-collective-is-a-private-company-rather-than-a-traditional-nonprofit-and-has-funded-several-startups-the-washington-post-described-it-as-a-kind-of-justice-league-of-practical-progressives.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/01/where-billionaire-investor-laurene-powell-jobs-put.aspx">Motley Fool</a><a href="http://www.vogue.com/13401889/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project/"></a></em><em>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/06/11/feature/the-quest-of-laurene-powell-jobs/">Washington Post</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Emerson Collective projects include AltSchool, a venture-capital-backed school that aimed to transform education by personalizing student instruction with technology. AltSchool made disappointing revenues and handed over control of its four schools to another start-up in 2019.</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d14b98a180200938fd04-400-300/emerson-collective-projects-include-altschool-a-venture-capital-backed-school-that-aimed-to-transform-education-by-personalizing-student-instruction-with-technology-altschool-made-disappointing-revenues-and-handed-over-control-of-its-four-schools-to-another-start-up-in-2019.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2019/07/01/zuckerberg-backed-altschool-gives-up-on-schools-and-focuses-on-tech/#6dd47b7e1c5b">Forbes</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>In September 2015, Powell Jobs pledged $50 million via Emerson to fund a campaign called "XQ: The Super School Project."</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d1ad7654532064156e42-400-300/in-september-2015-powell-jobs-pledged-50-million-via-emerson-to-fund-a-campaign-called-xq-the-super-school-project.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/us/laurene-powell-jobs-commits-dollar50-million-to-create-new-high-schools.html'login=email&mtrref=undefined">New York Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>That venture aims to transform education by revamping how high schools approach curriculum. Powell Jobs is the chairwoman of XQ's board of directors.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d24b66fb3f1f73368d67-400-300/that-venture-aims-to-transform-education-by-revamping-how-high-schools-approach-curriculum-powell-jobs-is-the-chairwoman-of-xqs-board-of-directors.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/us/laurene-powell-jobs-commits-dollar50-million-to-create-new-high-schools.html'login=email&mtrref=undefined">New York Times</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs has also served on the board of several other organizations, including Teach for America, Conservation International, and the New America Foundation.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d29249aa851fbc4ae7f5-400-300/powell-jobs-has-also-served-on-the-board-of-several-other-organizations-including-teach-for-america-conservation-international-and-the-new-america-foundation.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp'personId=28565353&privcapId=250285360">Bloomberg</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She's a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Stanford University's board of trustees.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d2f5ac0a6320250c4204-400-300/shes-a-member-of-the-council-on-foreign-relations-and-stanford-universitys-board-of-trustees.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp'personId=28565353&privcapId=250285360">Bloomberg</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Along with Michael Bloomberg and Ray Dalio, Powell Jobs is a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d34bac0a6320050317ef-400-300/along-with-michael-bloomberg-and-ray-dalio-powell-jobs-is-a-founding-member-of-the-climate-leadership-council.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.clcouncil.org/founding-members/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Climate Leadership Council</a></em> </p></p><br/><br/><h3>In addition to her work with various causes, Powell Jobs has a reputation as a major art collector and enthusiast.</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d390765453206b6463e6-400-300/in-addition-to-her-work-with-various-causes-powell-jobs-has-a-reputation-as-a-major-art-collector-and-enthusiast.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.artnews.com/top200year/2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Art News</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She attended the "Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" Met Gala in 2016 alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook.</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/60ad05cfbee0fc0019d59439-400-300/she-attended-the-manus-x-machina-fashion-in-an-age-of-technology-met-gala-in-2016-alongside-apple-ceo-tim-cook.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-execs-met-gala-2016-tim-cook-travis-kalanick-elon-musk-2016-5">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She's also a big sports fan. She bought a 20% stake in the company that owns the NBA's Washington Wizards, the NHL's Washington Capitals, and Washington, D.C.'s Capital One Arena in October 2018.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5bb6825b2e712950cf2e838b-400-300/shes-also-a-big-sports-fan-she-bought-a-20-stake-in-the-company-that-owns-the-nbas-washington-wizards-the-nhls-washington-capitals-and-washington-dcs-capital-one-arena-in-october-2018.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/06/11/feature/the-quest-of-laurene-powell-jobs/">Washington Post</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective partnered with writer Leon Wieseltier to form a new magazine called Idea. She scrapped the venture when Wieseltier's former colleagues at the New Republic came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him in October 2017.</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d4e62e712920905644f4-400-300/powell-jobs-and-emerson-collective-partnered-with-writer-leon-wieseltier-to-form-a-new-magazine-called-idea-she-scrapped-the-venture-when-wieseltiers-former-colleagues-at-the-new-republic-came-forward-with-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-against-him-in-october-2017.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/24/media/leon-wieseltier-emerson-collective/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN</a>, <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/laurene-powell-jobs-kills-new-magazine-leon-wieseltier-admits-sexual-misconduct/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wrap</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>In July 2017, Emerson Collective acquired a majority stake in The Atlantic, which was forced to lay off 17% of its staff during the pandemic.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ac209a5e345700192654b6-400-300/in-july-2017-emerson-collective-acquired-a-majority-stake-in-the-atlantic-which-was-forced-to-lay-off-17-of-its-staff-during-the-pandemic.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2017/07/28/billionaire-laurene-powell-jobs-acquires-a-majority-stake-in-the-atlantic/">Forbes</a>, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/emerson-collective-atlantic-coalition/535215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atlantic,</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-atlantic-cut-20-of-staff-despite-subscriptions-growth-analysis-2020-5">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs commended the magazine for its drive to "bring about equality for all people; to illuminate and defend the American idea; to celebrate American culture and literature; and to cover our marvelous, and sometimes messy, democratic experiment."</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5bb3d58194750c202b1053c5-400-300/powell-jobs-commended-the-magazine-for-its-drive-to-bring-about-equality-for-all-people-to-illuminate-and-defend-the-american-idea-to-celebrate-american-culture-and-literature-and-to-cover-our-marvelous-and-sometimes-messy-democratic-experiment.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2017/07/28/billionaire-laurene-powell-jobs-acquires-a-majority-stake-in-the-atlantic/">Forbes</a>, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/emerson-collective-atlantic-coalition/535215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atlantic</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Powell Jobs in the fall of 2020 over a report from The Atlantic that alleged he called WWl soldiers "losers." Trump tweeted "Steve Jobs would not be happy that his wife is wasting money he left her on a flailing Radical Left Magazine."</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/6064c47edaf0f10018f994c5-400-300/former-president-donald-trump-lashed-out-at-powell-jobs-in-the-fall-of-2020-over-a-report-from-the-atlantic-that-alleged-he-called-wwl-soldiers-losers-trump-tweeted-steve-jobs-would-not-be-happy-that-his-wife-is-wasting-money-he-left-her-on-a-flailing-radical-left-magazine.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attacks-laurene-powell-jobs-over-the-atlantic-article-2020-9">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Emerson has waded into politics. The Collective purchased television ads attacking President Trump's decision to rescind DACA in 2017.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5dcada163afd3723691cbf53-400-300/emerson-has-waded-into-politics-the-collective-purchased-television-ads-attacking-president-trumps-decision-to-rescind-daca-in-2017.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/9/5/16256582/laurene-powell-jobs-daca-television-ads">Vox</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs has also put millions of dollars into political campaigns. She backed Kamala Harris's presidential campaign before the California senator withdrew from the race in December 2019.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5c6dd17b2628987c96364f03-400-300/powell-jobs-has-also-put-millions-of-dollars-into-political-campaigns-she-backed-kamala-harriss-presidential-campaign-before-the-california-senator-withdrew-from-the-race-in-december-2019.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-more-billionaire-donors-than-any-other-democratic-candidate-2019-11">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs backed Secretary Hillary Clinton in 2016, donating $2 million to Clinton's Super PAC through Emerson Collective and hosting $200,000-a-plate fundraiser that raised over $4 million, CNN reported.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5e28cc2124306a6eab566c85-400-300/powell-jobs-backed-secretary-hillary-clinton-in-2016-donating-2-million-to-clintons-super-pac-through-emerson-collective-and-hosting-200000-a-plate-fundraiser-that-raised-over-4-million-cnn-reported.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/donald-trump-laurene-powell-jobs/index.html">CNN</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She also donated more than $600,000 to efforts to elect President Joe Biden.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/60ad0cd3a412370019d31c6c-400-300/she-also-donated-more-than-600000-to-efforts-to-elect-president-joe-biden.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attacks-laurene-powell-jobs-over-the-atlantic-article-2020-9">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs was one of the Silicon Valley power players that showed support for California Gov. Gavin Newsom in March amid a Republican-led recall effort.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ad10dfbee0fc0019d594a0-400-300/powell-jobs-was-one-of-the-silicon-valley-power-players-that-showed-support-for-california-gov-gavin-newsom-in-march-amid-a-republican-led-recall-effort.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/letter-opposing-newsom-recall-tech-ron-conway-silicon-valley-2021-3">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs is most passionate about education and immigration policy. She met with President Trump to discuss the topics in March 2017.</h3><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5e29c458b6d52d500c7e844b-400-300/powell-jobs-is-most-passionate-about-education-and-immigration-policy-she-met-with-president-trump-to-discuss-the-topics-in-march-2017.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/donald-trump-laurene-powell-jobs/index.html">CNN</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs owns a $16.5 million home in San Francisco that boasts six bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, and incredible views of the city.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/60ac1aae5e3457001926548f-400-300/powell-jobs-owns-a-165-million-home-in-san-francisco-that-boasts-six-bedrooms-6-12-bathrooms-and-incredible-views-of-the-city.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-laurene-powell-jobs-new-16-million-dollar-san-francisco-home-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs owns three other homes in the Bay Area, including this 5,768-square-foot house she shared with her late husband.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/56d482316e97c631008ba5f6-400-300/powell-jobs-owns-three-other-homes-in-the-bay-area-including-this-5768-square-foot-house-she-shared-with-her-late-husband.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/halloween-in-palo-alto-tech-billionaires-photos-2019-11">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>She puts on elaborate Halloween shows in front of that house each year that attract as many as 3,000 people. In 2019, the event was called "Fog Town" and featured a jack-o'-lantern tower and professional lighting, actors, and special effects.</h3><img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/60ac2389a412370019d31bb4-400-300/she-puts-on-elaborate-halloween-shows-in-front-of-that-house-each-year-that-attract-as-many-as-3000-people-in-2019-the-event-was-called-fog-town-and-featured-a-jack-o-lantern-tower-and-professional-lighting-actors-and-special-effects.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/halloween-in-palo-alto-tech-billionaires-photos-2019-11">Business Insider</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs also spends some of her free time beekeeping.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ac21c8a412370019d31bb2-400-300/powell-jobs-also-spends-some-of-her-free-time-beekeeping.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/laurene-powell-jobs-xq-super-school-project">Vogue</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>When she and her family are looking to get away, they sail off on the Venus. The yacht cost at least $110 million USD to build and was commissioned by Jobs but completed after he died.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ac22255e345700192654b8-400-300/when-she-and-her-family-are-looking-to-get-away-they-sail-off-on-the-venus-the-yacht-cost-at-least-110-million-usd-to-build-and-was-commissioned-by-jobs-but-completed-after-he-died.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.boatinternational.com/destinations/destinations-visited-by-venus--27219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boat</a>, <a href="https://www.yachtingmagazine.com/steve-jobs-yacht-venus-spotted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yachting</a>, <a href="http://www.feadship.nl/en/fleet/yacht/venus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feadship</a>, <a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/274244/steve-jobs-yacht-spotted-mexico-exclusive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cult of Mac</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>The yacht has been spotted in Gcek, Turkey; Milos, Greece; and Brijuni, Croatia.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ac22705e345700192654ba-400-300/the-yacht-has-been-spotted-in-gcek-turkey-milos-greece-and-brijuni-croatia.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.boatinternational.com/destinations/destinations-visited-by-venus--27219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boat</a></em><em>, <a href="https://www.total-croatia-news.com/travel/20642-steve-jobs-100million-super-yacht-venus-spotted-in-brijuni-croatia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Total Croatia News</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Despite her luxurious lifestyle and widespread influence, Powell Jobs tries to keep a low profile.</h3><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5c9908b416c958488f0930e4-400-300/despite-her-luxurious-lifestyle-and-widespread-influence-powell-jobs-tries-to-keep-a-low-profile.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/06/11/feature/the-quest-of-laurene-powell-jobs/'utm_term=.f7c62de4aafc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>"I'm very aware of the fact that we're all just passing through here," Powell Jobs told The Washington Post in 2018. "I feel like I'm hitting my stride now ... It is my goal to effectively deploy resources. If there's nothing left when I die, that's just fine."</h3><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/60ac25bf5e345700192654c7-400-300/im-very-aware-of-the-fact-that-were-all-just-passing-through-here-powell-jobs-told-the-washington-post-in-2018-i-feel-like-im-hitting-my-stride-now--it-is-my-goal-to-effectively-deploy-resources-if-theres-nothing-left-when-i-die-thats-just-fine.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/06/11/feature/the-quest-of-laurene-powell-jobs/'utm_term=.f7c62de4aafc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a></em></p></p><br/><br/><h3>Powell Jobs recently delivered a commencement speech to the University of Pennsylvania's graduating class of 2021 and advised the students to follow her late husband's advice to find work in what they love to do.</h3><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/60ac252d5e345700192654c5-400-300/powell-jobs-recently-delivered-a-commencement-speech-to-the-university-of-pennsylvanias-graduating-class-of-2021-and-advised-the-students-to-follow-her-late-husbands-advice-to-find-work-in-what-they-love-to-do.jpg" alt="" /><br/><br/><h3>"Let his words guide you, as they've guided me," Powell Jobs said in the speech in May, according to CNBC.</h3><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/60ac242b5e345700192654c2-400-300/let-his-words-guide-you-as-theyve-guided-me-powell-jobs-said-in-the-speech-in-may-according-to-cnbc.jpg" alt="" /><p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/17/laurene-powell-jobs-university-of-pennsylvania-commencement-speech.html">CNBC</a></em></p></p><br/><br/>
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