Laurene Powell Jobs: Biography in Details
Who is Laurene Powell Jobs?
Laurene Powell Jobs is an American businesswoman also known as the founder of Emerson Collective.
It is an organization that advocates for policies to support education and immigration reform, environmental conservation, and social justice.
She is the Co-founder of Terranera, a natural food company.
She is also famous as the widow of tech-wizard and Co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs.
Who are the parents of Laurene Powell Jobs?
Laurene was born in West Milford, New Jersey on November 6th, 1963.
Laurene Powell Jobs has a brother named Brad Powell and a sister named Tracy Powell.
Her father died in a plane collision when she was three years old.
Her mother remarried. She has not disclosed the name of her parents.
Education, School/College University
Laurene Powell Jobs attended the University of the Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and earned her B.A. degree in Political Science followed by a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the year 1985.
Later on, she completed her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991.
Laurene Powell: Professional Life, Career
Laurene started her career by working at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.
She also served as a fixed-income trading strategist at Goldman Sachs for three years.
Laurene Powell Jobs Co-founded a natural foods company named ‘Terravera’ that was later sold to the retailers of Northern California.
She served as one of the board of directors at ‘Achieva’, a company that helps students to be more efficient at standardized testing through its online tools.
Besides this, Laurene Powell Jobs has done a lot to improve the lives of millions of students.
She, along with a fellow entrepreneur, Carlos Watson, formed ‘College Track’, a nonprofit organization that helps disadvantaged students complete their education.
Apart from this, the ambitious and philanthropic lady also founded ‘Emerson Collective’.
In addition, Laurene Powell Jobs serves on the advisory board at ‘Udacity’, a company that offers affordable education to students.
Laurene Powell Jobs was involved with several non-profit organizations besides her corporate commitments.
She serves as a Director at The New School Venture Fund’s Investment Arm.
She is one member of the Board of Directors at Teach for America and is also involved with Stand for Children and Conservation International.
Besides this, Laurene serves as a member of the advisory boards at clannish, Inc., the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Laurene Powell Jobs also serves as a director at the New America Foundation, Global Fund for Women, eVoice, KQED (PBS), and ODC San Francisco.
In September 2015, Laurene launched a project ‘Called XQ: The Super School Project’.
This project, worth $50 million, aims to create educational institutions with new approaches to education.
Its efforts include altering school schedules, technologies, and curricula to replace the nation’s old high school education model.
Awards, Nominations
Laurene Powell Jobs was ranked by Forbes as the 29th most powerful woman in the world in 2014.
According to the same list, an American businesswoman is the richest woman in the technological industry.
Apart from these achievements, Barack Obama honored Powell Jobs by selecting her for the White House Council for Community Solutions.
Laurene doesn’t believe in legacy wealth building
Recently, Laurene Powell Jobs stated that she is not interested in legacy wealth building.
She even claimed that her husband was not interested in that either.
Net worth
As of 2023, its estimated net worth of Laurene is $19.2 billion.
She donated $2.74 million to her super PAC while backing Hillary Clinton.
How tall is Laurene Powell Jobs?
Laurene Powell Jobs is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 68 kg.
She has blue eye color with blond hair.
Social media
She has around 76.1 k followers on Twitter.
Powell is active on Twitter since February 2009.
She is not active on Facebook and Instagram but there are fan pages made in her name.
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Laurene Powell Jobs's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|
| 2024 | November | Wednesday |
| 2025 | November | Thursday |
| 2026 | November | Friday |
| 2027 | November | Saturday |
| 2028 | November | Monday |
