Steve Jobs Family - Celebrity Family

Steve Jobs is a name, which is world renowned for his innovation, technology and apple incorporation. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of the world renowned Apple incorporation along with Steve Wozniak. He has become a driving force behind the Apple incorporation for years. He was born on 24 February in 1955 in Palo Alto, California. He was born to Joanne Simpson and a Syrian father. Later after a few years, Paul and Clara Jobs, who lived in Mountain View California, adopted Jobs.

 

In the year 1972, Jobs went ahead to study in Homestead High School in Cupertino. He also enrolled in Reed College in Portland, from where he dropped out after a year to take up further education in philosophy and foreign culture. A keen enthusiast in technology that he was, Steve took his first job at Atari Inc. After saving up some money, Jobs took off to India in search of enlightenment. He was a Lutheran by religion but later converted to Buddhism.

Jobs came back and resumed with HP. Wozniak convinced him to leave his job and venture into a technology business. He started two other ventures, one was Pixar and other one was Next. He was also a part of the board of directors of Walt Disney incorporation. He had his first wedlock with Chris-Ann Brennan, after which her first daughter Lisa was born. However, Jobs denied paternity in the court of law. Moving on, he later married Powell Jobs and was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas, when he resigned as the CEO of apple incorporation and assumed the role of Chairman of the Board. He died October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.

Jobs Family Profile

Let us explore the family profile of Steve Jobs

Jobs Parents – Abdulfattah John Jandali  & Joanne Schieble (Biological)

Jandali was the biological father of Steve Jobs. He was a Syrian casino executive when Jobs was born. Joanne Carole Schieble and Jandali were the unwed couple at that time, so they decided to give away the baby for adoption to Paul and Clara Jobs.

Jandali was also a political science professor. He never tried to meet Jobs. Jandali thought that Jobs would feel that he is after his riches. Even after a public request to meet his biological father, Jandali never came out in the open.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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