Rank #199
Laurene Powell Jobs
Net worth $15.2B
Apple, Disney · United States
- Born
- Nov 06, 1963
- Age
- 62
- Source
- Apple, Disney
- Residence
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Laurene Powell Jobs is the founder and president of Emerson Collective, an impact investing, philanthropy and advocacy firm focused on environmental justice, health, immigration and education.
- Powell Jobs inherited her fortune--mostly shares of Walt Disney and Apple--from her late husband, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011.
- Powell Jobs purchased part of The Atlantic in 2017 and has invested in other media outlets and nonprofit newsrooms, including ProPublica.
- 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.
- 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.
- Her son Reed Jobs launched venture capital firm Yosemite in 2023; it is focused on making cancer non-lethal in our lifetimes.
Financial assets
| Exchange | Ticker | Shares | Price |
|---|