Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, designer and inventor, best-known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Family

Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs (née Hagopian) of Mountain View, California, who named him Steven Paul. Paul and Clara later adopted a daughter, who they named Patti. Jobs' biological parents – Abdulfattah Jandali, a Syrian Muslim graduate student who later became a political science professor, and Joanne Simpson, an American graduate student who went on to become a speech therapist – later married, giving birth to and raising Jobs' biological sister, the novelist Mona Simpson.

Jobs married Laurene Powell, on March 18, 1991. Presiding over the wedding was the Zen Buddhist monk Kobun Chino Otogowa. The couple have a son, Reed Paul Jobs (born 1991), and two daughters, Erin (born 1995) and Eve (born 1998). Jobs also has a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), from his relationship with Bay Area painter Chris-Ann Brennan. She briefly raised their daughter on welfare when Jobs denied paternity, claiming that he was sterile; he later acknowledged paternity.

Sources

1. California Birth Index, 1905-1995; Name: Steven Paul Jobs; Birth Date: 24 Feb 1955; Gender: Male; Mother's Maiden Name: Hagopian; Birth County: San Francisco.
2. Social Security Death Index; Name: Steven Paul Jobs; Born: 24 Feb 1955; Died: 5 Oct 2011; State (Year) SSN issued: California (1969).

External links

• Wikipedia - Steve Jobs
• Apple.com