The widow of Steve Jobs - one of the richest women in the world and philanthropist

When Steve Jobs was not in 2011, without it left a wife and four children. His widow, Laurene Powell Jobs (Laurene Powell Jobs) years remained in the shadow of the public, but now it starts to get more and more recognition as a powerful patron. Her sincere concern many social issues, including education and immigration policy. Because now her name is located on the ninth line in the list of the richest women in the world, its ability to influence society only increased compared to what it was during the life of her husband.

Edition of The New York Times published great biography of Lauren, which explains that in spite of the talk about the fact that Ms. Powell Jobs would cost to establish Foundation in honor of her late husband, she did not do that, exactly as did not increase their charitable contributions. Instead, Lauren doubled its donations the organization Emerson Collective, which she created about ten years ago to provide grants and investments in toward education initiatives, "In the broadest sense, we want to use our knowledge, connections and relationships, to try to make as many good actions. "

Jobs was known for his categorical attitude toward donation. The current Apple CEO Tim Cook has created a special program for donations to charities within the company shortly after he was promoted.

Having inherited condition Jobs, estimated at $ 11.5 billion, Laurene Powell Jobs was the ninth in the list of the richest women in the world. Most of it is tied to the state of Apple shares, it is also the largest shareholder in Disney.

Lauren recently he appeared in the Rock Center on NBC to talk Brian Williams (Brian Williams) on the new film, which she helped to remove to draw attention to bill, the essence of which is to give the children of illegal immigrants the opportunity to obtain citizenship. Lauren also spoke about the set up with the participation of its major program College Track, which helps students from poor communities to prepare and pay for college.