“If the late Steve Jobs was determined to change the way people use technology, with visionary ideas and revolutionary products, Laurene Powell Jobs seems just as determined to change people’s lives in more basic ways,” Brandon Bailey reports for The Mercury News.
“The widow of the Apple co-founder is even more intensely private than her husband, rarely giving interviews and only occasionally appearing in public at his side,” Bailey reports. “And though she has generally kept a low profile, 47-year-old Laurene Jobs could one day emerge as a powerful supporter of the social and progressive causes she has long favored. Forbes recently ranked Steve Jobs as the 39th richest man in America, with estimated wealth of $7 billion.”
Bailey reports, “Laurene Jobs has shown a particular interest in education, applying herself directly to giving disadvantaged students a hand. After volunteering as a mentor several years ago at Belmont’s Carlmont High School, Jobs co-founded and led a successful nonprofit, College Track, which helps minority and low-income kids prepare for college and overcome the many challenges they encounter there.”
MacDailyNews Note: Here’s a particularly poignant photo:
Steve Jobs rests his head against his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, after delivering the keynote address to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Moscone West, June 6, 2011. (Photo: Lea Suzuki / The San Francisco Chronicle)
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Steve knew that this was his very last Keynote, his very last day in the spotlight for Apple, the very last time he would be seen my the public (he knew he would die since February). I imagine he thought something like : “That’s it, Laurene. I am done. I managed to endure my last keynote. All that’s left is to love you”
Godspeed Steve. I am an atheist, but I’m certain that you will now revolutionize heaven. Rest in peace. I miss you dearly.
Shit I am crying like a kid. All over again. It still feels surreal, like having a very bad nightmare.
The family stated “last year of illness” — this means that he knew that this is basically the end since the last autumn. And there were reports that he again was visiting the office rarer.
Wonders sometimes do happen, so I suppose there probably were small chances for recovering until maybe half year ago, after which nothing could have been done at all.
However, June’s appearance was not necessary apparent as the latest one, since the speed of weakness’ development was not sure. There was chance that Jobs’ would be given few more weeks to live and then by the early October he could still participate in the iPhone 4S presentation and talk to the Siri.
I am right there with you. Same interpretation, same emotions, same tears. I’m not an atheist, and I have the same wishes for both Steve and Laurene.
We now have the perspective of hindsight, and everything becomes much more poignant as we review Steve’s actions over the last few months. I can’t imagine how he carried on, knowing his situation. But the truth is, we’re all dying, and there’s nothing else to do but carry on. If you have something that needs doing, or someone who needs your love, pay attention to it now. Tomorrow it may be too late.
This is my favorite of all photos related to Apple & SJ. This is how i interpret this photo. With tremendous will power to make that keynote speech, he was exausted. Laurene, his soulmate will always be by his side to give her love and support to Steve forever and ever!
Yes, that is not fair at all. Jobs had to live for another thirty plus years. In the coming decades, his mind could see the emerging technologies in unexpected ways and this could result in new, unexpected products. But now, despite, no doubt, great minds that stayed at Apple and elsewhere, this probability has lowered.
Certain products might only appear years later comparing to the case where they could be seen, foreseen by the eyes of a visionary.
You are grossly underestimating the Universe. Steve is not the first visionary, nor will he be the last. Teacher always appears when the student is ready, and vice versa.
I saw this photo quite some time ago and burst into tears. What a beautiful love story they shared. What a wonderful husband Steve Jobs must have been and having a wife so beautiful inside and out. My heart breaks for them. Quite a woman in her own right and not filled with trappings of superficiality that sometimes wealth brings to people. Bless her and her children.
Great image. My heart goes out to the family and their loss. We all feel this deeply, but nowhere as deep and as personal as the family and friends of Steve. We are all so sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing this great person with us.
On the night he met her in 1990: “Jobs, who was on the outs from Apple at the time, later told an interviewer that he had a business dinner scheduled that evening. “I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, ‘If this is my last night on Earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?’ “
Ugh, darn you MDN for tugging at my heart strings this morning with that photo!
Here’s a better photo:
http://crushmonkey.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo/
And darn you Zeke for linking to that photo!
As if I haven’t been choked up and in tears enough for the past 2 days, this wonderfully elegant photo totally did me in.
Eyes misty…must get back to work.
This intelligent woman is now the largest shareholder of Disney and Apple. Her world is pregnant with possibilities. Ours will be touched by her.
Steve knew that this was his very last Keynote, his very last day in the spotlight for Apple, the very last time he would be seen my the public (he knew he would die since February). I imagine he thought something like : “That’s it, Laurene. I am done. I managed to endure my last keynote. All that’s left is to love you”
Godspeed Steve. I am an atheist, but I’m certain that you will now revolutionize heaven. Rest in peace. I miss you dearly.
Shit I am crying like a kid. All over again. It still feels surreal, like having a very bad nightmare.
The family stated “last year of illness” — this means that he knew that this is basically the end since the last autumn. And there were reports that he again was visiting the office rarer.
Wonders sometimes do happen, so I suppose there probably were small chances for recovering until maybe half year ago, after which nothing could have been done at all.
However, June’s appearance was not necessary apparent as the latest one, since the speed of weakness’ development was not sure. There was chance that Jobs’ would be given few more weeks to live and then by the early October he could still participate in the iPhone 4S presentation and talk to the Siri.
I am right there with you. Same interpretation, same emotions, same tears. I’m not an atheist, and I have the same wishes for both Steve and Laurene.
We now have the perspective of hindsight, and everything becomes much more poignant as we review Steve’s actions over the last few months. I can’t imagine how he carried on, knowing his situation. But the truth is, we’re all dying, and there’s nothing else to do but carry on. If you have something that needs doing, or someone who needs your love, pay attention to it now. Tomorrow it may be too late.
This is my favorite of all photos related to Apple & SJ. This is how i interpret this photo. With tremendous will power to make that keynote speech, he was exausted. Laurene, his soulmate will always be by his side to give her love and support to Steve forever and ever!
When I saw this photo right after WWDC, I knew Steve knew it was his last keynote. Poignant indeed. And then some.
Yes, that is not fair at all. Jobs had to live for another thirty plus years. In the coming decades, his mind could see the emerging technologies in unexpected ways and this could result in new, unexpected products. But now, despite, no doubt, great minds that stayed at Apple and elsewhere, this probability has lowered.
Certain products might only appear years later comparing to the case where they could be seen, foreseen by the eyes of a visionary.
You are grossly underestimating the Universe. Steve is not the first visionary, nor will he be the last. Teacher always appears when the student is ready, and vice versa.
This is totally true. The only problem is visionaries on Steve’s level seem to come only once a life time. Our kids or grandkids will see another.
Totally agree – even though he accomplished so much, it seems he was just getting started.
thats mainly why it hurts so much.
This bittersweet moment between Steve and Laurene enriches all of us. Life is grand in the oddest of ways.
I saw this photo quite some time ago and burst into tears. What a beautiful love story they shared. What a wonderful husband Steve Jobs must have been and having a wife so beautiful inside and out. My heart breaks for them. Quite a woman in her own right and not filled with trappings of superficiality that sometimes wealth brings to people. Bless her and her children.
Great image. My heart goes out to the family and their loss. We all feel this deeply, but nowhere as deep and as personal as the family and friends of Steve. We are all so sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing this great person with us.
On the night he met her in 1990: “Jobs, who was on the outs from Apple at the time, later told an interviewer that he had a business dinner scheduled that evening. “I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, ‘If this is my last night on Earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?’ “
He chose wisely.