Steve Jobs, a businessman and founder of Apple, remained in the memory of people as the creator of a successful empire in the field of information technology. But his life, naturally, consisted of more than one job. Although the environment recalls Steve as a very specific person in communication, he has been married for 20 years and raised three children with his wife. In addition, at 23, Jobs had the eldest daughter Lisa, whom he did not want to recognize for a long time and refused to participate in her upbringing.
Illegitimate daughter
When Steve Jobs was still at the very beginning of his successful business path, he had a five-year affair with Chrisann Brennan. The couple met while attending Homestead High School in California in 1972. Five years later, after learning about the pregnancy of his beloved, Jobs began to claim that he was not the father of the unborn child. His eldest daughter was born on May 17, 1978 on the farm of a family friend, Robert, in Oregon. Although Steve still doubted his paternity, he came to see the newborn baby. The girl's mother, discarding the grievances, allowed him to participate in the choice of the child's name.
As a result, she was named Lisa, and this name is an independent version, and not an abbreviation for Elizabeth. However, Krisann recorded her daughter under her last name Brennan. In 1980, a trial was held against Jobs to establish paternity and determine the procedure for paying child support. The defendant's lawyers tried to prove that shortly before pregnancy, Lisa's mother entered into relationships with several men. However, all doubts were dispelled by a DNA test, which showed the highest probability of Steve's relationship with the child. He compensated the costs of the local authorities for the previously paid child allowance, and also pledged to pay alimony in the amount of $ 385 per month.
Once the case was closed, Apple went public, after which Jobs became a multimillionaire. Then he "generously" increased the amount of alimony to $ 500. Only at the age of 9, the businessman resumed communication with Lisa and gave her his last name. The girl told about her relationship with her father in the book "Little Fish". In her memory, he remained "mean and awkward."
Although Jobs never spoke openly about his love to his daughter, he named the computer project Apple Lisa after her. As an adult, the eldest heiress of a businessman chose the profession of a journalist and writer. Outwardly, she is surprisingly similar to the famous father. According to rumors, after his death, Steve left Lisa a multimillion-dollar inheritance in his will.
Children from wife Lauren Powell
The businessman met his future wife Lauren Powell in October 1989, when he gave a lecture "Looking from above" at the Stanford Business School. The girl was an MBA student and was present at his speech in the front row. Steve later admitted that he could not take his eyes off of her throughout the lecture and was constantly losing the thread of reasoning. On the same day, he watched Lauren in the parking lot and asked her out on a date. From that moment on, they remained inseparable until Jobs's death.
Powell, like her life partner, belonged to the middle class and achieved everything solely on her own. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree, after which she worked briefly in the financial field, and then decided to continue her MBA program at Stanford. Unlike Steve, Lauren was involved in professional sports. She received a marriage proposal at the very beginning of 1990 on New Year's holidays. The lovers were married on March 18, 1991 at a Buddhist ceremony in Yosemite National Park. Paying tribute to the groom's lifestyle, guests were treated to a vegan wedding cake.
The couple had three children. The only son of a businessman was born in September 1991. According to those close to him, Reed Jobs developed the warmest and most trusting relationship with his father in comparison with other children. He was very upset with Steve's struggle with cancer. The young man even studied cancer at Stanford University, wanting to learn more about this diagnosis. After the death of his father, Reed almost disappeared from the field of view of journalists and nothing is known about his current life.
The second common child of Jobs and Powell was their daughter Erin, who was born in August 1995. According to the memoirs of family friends, she grew up as a quiet, calm, reserved child and somewhat resembled her father's behavior. However, despite the similarities, there was no close relationship between Erin and Steve. The second daughter of a businessman, like her older brother, leads a closed lifestyle. Her hobbies include design and architecture.
Eve Jobs
Eve Jobs is the youngest daughter of an inventor and businessman. She was born in 1998. The girl decided to continue the family tradition and entered Stanford University, where her parents met, and her older brother and sister also studied. In addition, Eve is seriously involved in equestrian sports and has achieved good results in this field. Jobs's youngest heiress grew up to be a real beauty. She is not as closed as her siblings: Eve has her own Instagram profile.
