Steve Jobs would not be happy about polarization in US: widow
Steve Jobs wouldn’t be pleased concerning the polarized discourse within the US, the Apple co-founder’s widow stated.
Laurene Powell Jobs was requested on Wednesday at a tech convention in Los Angeles what her late husband would have thought concerning the state of the nation.
“I might say not solely [would he not have been happy about] the polarization, not solely the truth that persons are actually coming to blows inside households and communities and our nation, but additionally simply that he beloved our nation a lot,” Powell Jobs stated.
“He beloved California a lot, however he beloved our nation,” she added.
Powell Jobs appeared on stage along with her late husband’s successor as CEO, Tim Cook dinner, and Jony Ive, Apple’s former design chief who was Steve Jobs’ shut buddy and collaborator on key merchandise such because the iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
“He beloved the thought of America. He beloved what it allowed the person and the communities to turn out to be,” she continued. “He beloved the unfetteredness of it.”
“He beloved the non-public freedoms and liberties, but additionally the connectedness and accountability for one another.”
Her feedback had been reported by the Apple fan site MacRumors.
Jobs, the visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Apple alongside Steve Wozniak in 1976, was not politically outspoken however did assist Barack Obama’s run for president. He additionally favored pro-business Republicans earlier than his demise from pancreatic most cancers in 2011.
Beneath Cook dinner’s management, Apple noticed its market capitalization exceed $3 trillion, earlier than falling to round $2.4 trillion throughout this 12 months’s market turmoil. Final 12 months, Cook dinner was awarded $100 million in compensation.
In accordance with Forbes, Powell Jobs is price $12.1 billion. Most of her wealth is derived from possession in Apple and Disney inventory which she inherited following her husband’s demise.
Powell Jobs is minority proprietor of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the NHL’s Washington Capitals. She can also be a majority stakeholder of The Atlantic journal.
