Lauren Powell Jobs is the widow of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. Lauren was born in November 1963. To date, Lauren Elaine Powell is recognized as the richest woman in Silicon Valley. Her fortune is estimated at 20 billion dollars. Today, being the widow of Steve Jobs, Lauren continues to engage in business and philanthropic activities.
Childhood and family
A biography of Lauren Powell is best started with a story about a woman’s childhood. Lauren was born in 1963 in New Jersey. Father Lauren died heroically when he flew a faulty plane and prevented the crash of the airliner over residential neighborhoods. He served in the United States Marine Corps.
Mother Loren got married again. However, marriage was a nightmare. For almost 10 years, four children, including Loren herself, lived in fear. In the future, Powell admitted that she had learned from childhood an important lesson - to always be independent. Every day, Lauren waited when she could go to university and leave home.
University studies, career start
After graduating from school, Lauren Powell enters the University of Pennsylvania, completing her undergraduate studies at the Department of Arts, followed by her undergraduate studies at the Department of Economics. After studying at the university, Loren got a job as an operations specialist at Goldman Sachs, where she worked with large financial flows. Even with good career prospects, Lauren soon leaves her job. She dreamed of building a business that she liked. For inspiration, Lauren leaves for Florence. There the girl lived for almost a year. After returning to the United States, she enters Stanford Business School. It was there that Lauren Powell met Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was invited as a lecturer at Stanford, but one of the classes the creator of the iPhone and saw Lauren. The couple’s first date was in a restaurant. It is worth noting that Steve was older than Lauren.
Starting a relationship with Steve Jobs
The relationship between Lauren and her lover quickly turned into a passionate romance. According to Steve, in her youth, Lauren Powell was irresistible, and he was completely captivated by her. Often, Steve and Lauren forget that they are in the company of other people, thereby embarrassing those around them with passionate kisses. However, on New Year's Eve, there was a quarrel between the lovers. From the restaurant where the couple celebrated the holiday, they left separately. In the morning, Steve with flowers was already waiting for Lauren at the doorstep. Their reconciliation culminated in a marriage proposal. This happened on January 1, 1990. The girl quickly enough moved to the house of her groom. However, Steve, immersed in the work, almost immediately forgot about the proposal. Desperate, in the fall, Lauren packed up and moved away from Jobs. After a while, Steve again tried the chance to make a proposal to his lover, this time he bought a wedding ring with diamonds and was forgiven.
Wedding of S. Jobs and L. Powell
In December of that year, Steve and Lauren went on a joint vacation to Steve's favorite place - in the Kona Village in Hawaii. There, the couple found out that Lauren was expecting a baby.
The wedding of Steve Jobs and Lauren Powell took place in mid-March 1991. The wedding was held at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. The ceremony was entrusted to a close friend of the groom - Kobun Tino Otogawa.
The couple lived together for twenty years, of which the last 8 years, Steve Jobs was sick. The creator of the legendary IPhone was sick with cancer of the pancreas, the disease took its toll. After the death of her husband, Lauren became a billionaire, inheriting part of his fortune.
Career L. Powell
And although Steve Jobs's wife Loren Powell had a difficult time marrying such a husband - Steve Jobs had many oddities, the woman soon also went to work. She founded Terravera, whose main activity was the supply of natural products to Northern California. Loren also created the organization College Track, which is engaged in raising the standards of secondary education, in addition, the functions of the company include the support of talented students from various kinds of nationalities. and social minorities.
In 2010, by a decision of the President of the United States at that time, Lauren was included in the White House Council on Public Affairs.
Activities of L. Powell after the death of her husband
Lauren Powell, according to the desire of Steve Jobs, controls all the trusts in which the assets of the family are stored. Lauren is a supporter of immigration reform, and she is also a member of the boards of nonprofit organizations such as the NewSchools Venture Fund, as well as Conservation International and College Track. Moreover, as already mentioned, College Track was created by the widow of Steve Jobs herself. Lauren is the founder of another company - Emerson Collective. This company works with entrepreneurs to promote education and social services. justice.
A few years ago, Lauren was appointed to the board of trustees of Stanford University. Lauren also invests in various startups, for example, as a business angel, she invested in SocialCam. Along with M. Bloomberg and R. Dalio, L. Jobs is a co-founder of the Climate Management Council.
Powell Jobs also planned to allocate $ 50 million for the development of the XQ: The Super School Project. The project is aimed at reforming education from within, in other words, universities are offered a new approach to the curriculum. Lauren is Chairman of the Board of Directors of XQ.
A businesswoman and investor is also interested in the world of professional sports: recently, she recently acquired a stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment. The company operates the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals teams, as well as the Capital One Arena.
Personal life after the death of her husband
About Lauren it is still often said that she is the widow of Steve Jobs. However, many do not know that Lauren has been dating Adrian Fenty, a former mayor of Washington, since 2013. The couple met in 2011 at a conference. Beloved Lauren also has three children from a previous marriage.
