Revelation of the daughter of Steve Jobs. What he really was. What do we know about Lisa Jobs? The girl did not even doubt that the computer was really named after her, but decided to check with Jobs himself.
He was, to put it mildly, an unpleasant person. Numerous memories tell of his cruelty, rudeness and stinginess towards employees, business partners and even family members. But even against this background, the new book by Steve's daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, called Small Fry ("Small fry") is really surprising.
In his autobiography, released on September 4, Jobs the father appears not just as a selfish person. No, take it higher - after reading this book, it's easy to come to the conclusion that the creator of the iPhone, iPad and Mac is just an enchanting beast.
We know that Jobs denied paternity for many years and did not begin paying child support until Steve was forced by the US authorities to take a DNA test in 1980 - and then only by court order. We also know that the Apple founder for a long time refused to admit the fact that he named the Lisa computer (the predecessor of the Macintosh) in honor of his daughter (officially, the abbreviation LISA stood for: Local Integrated Systems Architecture "local integrated systems architecture") - and could not lie only when, in the presence of Lisa, he was asked about this by the famous lead singer of the U2 group Bono.
But the Brennan-Jobs book adds many new touches to the portrait of "Steve Jobs - m ... k." He hardly saw her when Lisa was a small child (even after paternity was established), and later avoided her for a long time and refused to pay alimony. Although Apple was already making him a lot of money by then, Lisa and her mom, Chrisann, lived in poverty, surviving from social security benefits, her mom's low-paying part-time job, and the kindness of others. And when he did have to pay alimony, Jobs arranged everything so that he could resolve the issues in court a few days before Apple went public and he himself became a multimillionaire.
Steve Jobs with daughter Lisa
When Jobs began to pay more attention to his daughter, Chrisanne quickly abandoned the idea of leaving them alone. Why? One day, Steve came to visit then nine-year-old Lisa and began to ask her about her sexual tastes and preferences. It's nine years old...
Then, when the now-teenaged Brennan-Jobs moved in with her father, he forbade her from seeing Chrisann—the only person she was truly close to at the time—for six months. After moving in, the girl told Steve and her adoptive mother, Lauren Powell-Jobs, that she felt very lonely, and asked to come and wish her good night before bed. But instead of entering into her position and doing it - very simple! - a request, Lauren only said: "We are cold people."
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
One more thing! Once, when Jobs wanted to have sex with his wife and began to touch her breasts and thighs, while making a specific sigh, he demanded that Lisa stay in the room. Steve justified this by the need to strengthen relationships in the new family. Also, her father regularly did not give her pocket money, said that she would not receive a cent from his inheritance - and even refused to install a heater in her room.
Steve Jobs is an American businessman who became world famous for his innovative abilities in the field of IT technologies. He is one of the founders of Appel. As you know, Steve Jobs grew up in a foster family. His biological parents were German Joan Schible and Syrian Abdulfattah Jandali. The girl's relatives were categorically against this marriage, and her father said that he would deprive her of her inheritance. Being on demolition, Joan went to give birth in San Francisco, in a private clinic. Immediately after the birth, the boy was given up for adoption.
Adoptive parents were Paul and Clara Jobs. They raised Steve and gave him a decent education. These are the people Steve Jobs considered his real parents. It is likely that for this reason, throughout his life, he treated his wife and children in a special way. Yes, in his life there were intrigues outside the family, but over the years he realized how valuable and dear to him close people are. Steve spent the rest of his life surrounded by his family.
In total, Steve Jobs has four children: three daughters and one son. The firstborn - a daughter named Lisa Brennan-Jobs - was born in 1978. The girl's mother was the artist Chrisanne Brennan, with whom Jobs had a romantic relationship. Note that for 2 years the young dad did not confirm his paternity (he assured that he was infertile), but over time he nevertheless accepted his daughter as his own.
In 1991, the entrepreneur legalized his relationship with It was she who became "the woman of his life," as he himself said. In the same year, the couple first had a son named Reed, and then two daughters: Erin (in 1995) and Eva (1998). They say that each of them has paternal traits. Photos of the children of Steve Jobs are posted in this article.
The Jobs couple lived in a private house located in Palo Alto. Interestingly, the son was named after the educational institution where Steve himself briefly studied - Reed College.
father of many children
The children of Steve Jobs got as much time from their father as an addicted businessman could give. They say that the son got much more attention than the daughters. However, Steve still devoted his time to raising and educating children. He came to school parent-teacher meetings, did not allow his offspring to sit in front of the TV screen for a long time, and personally monitored what and how his children ate.
Steve tried to balance between the crazy rhythm of work and the functions of an exemplary dad. It is known that the businessman diligently protected his personal life and family from the annoying attention of the press. As soon as Jobs found out about his terrible diagnosis and realized that life is too fleeting, he tried to spend as much time as possible with his family and friends - his wife and children. Even in he left the walls of his firm and rushed home to spend this short time with them.
What are the children of Steve Jobs doing now, and how has their life turned out? This question interests many.
Eldest daughter Lisa
The eldest daughter of the entrepreneur is now 39 years old. In 2000, she graduated from Harvard and moved to live in Europe. Lisa has connected her life with journalism - she is the author of columns for a variety of publications. The girl maintains her blog, which managed to gain considerable popularity and a large number of readers. Perhaps her most striking journalistic brainchild can be called the article "Tuscan Vacation", published in Vogue magazine in February 2008. In her work, Liza tells about childhood, about life with her mother.
Reid is the only son of Steve Jobs
The only boy among all the children of Steve Jobs has his own success. As a high school student, Reed looked very much like his 18-year-old father. From his mother, he inherited a kind heart and empathy for others, which Jobs Sr. did not have. During his summer vacation, Reid worked part-time at a cancer center. There, he researched the possibilities of DNA sequencing in curing bowel cancer. In the process of research, he was able to determine the hereditary relationship. According to the data that were obtained during the experiments, Reed wrote a report that was presented at his school. Steve Jobs, who died of cancer, managed to catch this moment and was very proud of his son.
Younger daughters Erin and Eve
Erin Sienna had a calm disposition since childhood. She, more than other children of Steve Jobs, suffered from a lack of paternal attention and care. The girl learned to distance herself from people and from her father in particular, in order to reduce the suffering due to his aloofness. By inheritance from a famous dad, she inherited an interest in design and architecture. Probably, it is in this area that the girl will continue to develop.
The youngest daughter, 18-year-old Eva, is a wealthy heiress who is passionate about equestrianism. Moreover, the girl was very successful in this matter and was already able to participate in many competitions. Representatives of noble families competed with her: Jennifer Gates, Destri Allen Spielberg and others. Sports training for the youngest daughter of Steve Jobs takes place in Wellington (Florida) - it was here that her mother bought a ranch for $ 15 million.
Steve Jobs is a strict father
It is known that Steve Jobs forbade his children a lot. For example, prolonged use of iPhones. This is rather strange, because it seemed to many that the offspring of a famous entrepreneur literally bathe in an abundance of expensive gadgets. However, Jobs believed that it was harmful to the child's body. In addition, there are so many other interesting things to do, such as sitting around the dinner table with the whole family and discussing the book they read. Therefore, we can say with confidence that when Steve Jobs forbade iPhones to his children, he was guided by good intentions.
On a farm in Oregon on May 17, 1978, when her mother Chrisanne Brennan and Steve Jobs were both 23 years old. Jobs was not present at the birth, and saw his daughter for the first time only a few days later. “This is not my child,” he told all the inhabitants of the farm, despite the fact that the newborn had dark hair and a noticeable nose, just like the founder.
Chrisanne and Steve chose the name for their daughter together, after which Jobs finally stopped helping the family. Lisa recalls that until she was two years old, her mother worked part-time as a cleaner and waitress, while the girl was in kindergarten at the church.
In 1980, Chrisanne Brennan decided to demand child support to raise her daughter and went to court.
In response, Steve Jobs refused to acknowledge paternity, swore that he was infertile, and even pointed to another person who allegedly was Lisa's real dad.
The girl had to do a DNA test, which showed the highest possible result at that time - 94.4%. The court ruled that Jobs would have to pay $385 a month in child support (he personally decided to increase the amount to $500), as well as cover medical expenses until the child is 18 years old.
The court decided to close the case on December 8, 1980. Just four days later, Apple shares hit the market, and the fortune increased to $ 200 million literally overnight.
When Lisa was three years old, Steve Jobs came to see her. When the girl asked who he was, the businessman replied: “I am your father. One of the most important people in your life."
childhood trauma
After the judgment in favor of the Brennans, Jobs began visiting Lisa and her mother once a month. As soon as the girl was seven years old, she began to notice huge holes in her father's jeans, which the millionaire did not pay attention to. Although Lisa Brennan-Jobs hardly spoke to her dad during his visits, she was secretly proud of him.
“I have a secret. My dad is Steve Jobs,” Lisa told one of her school friends, who responded with a legitimate question: “Who is this?”.
In response, Lisa talked about the fact that he is famous and is the inventor of a personal computer, which he named after her - Apple Lisa.
The girl did not even doubt that the computer was really named after her, but decided to clarify this fact with Jobs himself. “Listen, that computer, Lisa. Did you name him after me?" she asked one of the evenings they spent together. “No,” Steve Jobs replied sharply, “sorry, baby.”
Once they were driving together in a black Porsche convertible that Jobs was rumored to change frequently. Lisa asked if she could get the car when he got tired of it.
"It's out of the question," the businessman replied sullenly.
They reached the house, Jobs once again turned to his daughter and repeated: “You will not get anything. Understood? Nothing. You won't get anything."
Lisa Brennan-Jobs still doesn't know what it was about, a convertible or something more, but these words of her father hurt her to the core.
When Lisa was 27, Jobs invited her on a cruise with his wife, Lauren Powell-Jobs, and children from his second marriage. During their trip, they stayed at the villa of U2 leader Bono, who invited them to stay for dinner. During the meal, Bono asked if Jobs really named his first computer after his first daughter.
“Yes, that’s how it was,” Jobs replied after a moment’s hesitation.
In the last years of Steve Jobs's life, Lisa often came to his house. She recalls that during her visits she often stole small things - powder, toothpaste, pillowcases, ballet flats - and took them out of the house. She could not explain in any way these bouts of kleptomania, which arose only in her father's mansion.
Jobs died on October 5, 2011 from pancreatic cancer when Lisa was 33 years old. He paid for her education at, where the girl received an education in the field of journalism. Currently, she works by profession and publishes in major American magazines. Lisa Brennan-Jobs does not maintain accounts in in social networks and tries to avoid unnecessary attention to his person.
Due to the fact that the head of Apple, Steve Jobs, leads an almost reclusive lifestyle and does not really want to disclose his personal secrets, many details of his biography have long been unknown. However, in the age of information technology, it is impossible to hide anything, and today anyone who is interested can get almost any details related to the life of the head of a great company. We are not a "yellow" resource, so digging in someone else's dirty laundry does not give us any pleasure. However, there is nothing immoral in wanting to know what kind of offspring Steve Jobs gave mankind, in addition to the huge number of his technological offspring. And the most curious and mysterious character in this regard, of course, seems to be his daughter Lisa, whom the head of Apple recognized as such far from immediately.
As we know, in 1976, at the age of 21, he founded Apple by investing $ 1,300 in its creation, received from the sale of his father's Volkswagen minibus, as well as a professional calculator from Hewlett-Packard, owned by his partner Steve Wozniak. Two years later, the computer was born, which subsequently changed our understanding of personal computers. In the same year, Steve's high school friend Christine-Ann Brennan (Christine-Ann Brennan) gave birth to a daughter named Lisa. Denying any involvement in the birth of the child, Steve insisted that the name of the computer was not given in honor of the girl, but was an abbreviation of "Local Integrated Software Architecture" (Software architecture with local integration).
In the same year, the talented entrepreneur was named "The Smartest Executive" by Fortune magazine and ranked 136th on the magazine's list of billionaires. At the same time, he earned himself the fame of the leader of computer enthusiasts, a visionary, a brilliant showman and a self-righteous braggart. However, no matter how much Jobs wanted to hide this fact, he was Lisa's father.
For two years, he tried to prove to the public and his ex-girlfriend that he had nothing to do with her pregnancy. In court, he shook some documents and claimed that he was "sterile, barren and therefore not physically able to have children." However, the fact is a stubborn thing, and with the help of genetic and legal means, Jobs was still able to be convinced that he was the real and only father of the child. By the way, this story was clearly and quite reliably shown in the movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" (Pirates of Silicon Valley), an excerpt from which we offer you to watch below:
It is worth noting that, being a successful businessman and a member of the Forbes list of the richest people in the world, Jobs refused to help his daughter and her mother financially. As a result, the former artist and daughter of a billionaire had to survive on unemployment benefits. However, when Lisa was 7 years old, her father changed his attitude towards her, and since then they have become noticeably closer. When the girl reached the age of a teenager, she even began to live with her father.
Today, Lisa Brennan-Jobs is 33 years old, she works as a journalist and columnist for various magazines. Among the publications in which she managed to work, stand out The Southwest Review, The Massachusetts Review, Spiked and O, The Oprah Magazine. In addition, she maintains a personal blog, which is very popular among readers. One of her most notable works is the article "Tuscan Holiday", which was published in the February 2008 issue of Vogue magazine. In it, Lisa talks about her childhood and how she grew up with her mother:
“When we lived in California, my mother raised me almost alone. We could not afford much, but she gave me her maternal warmth, and that was enough for me to be happy. We moved a lot and often rented new and new housing. My father was a rich and famous man, and then, when I met him, he took me with him on vacation. After that, I lived with him for several years, and for me he opened new world: wealth and luxury. But the two halves of my life didn't stick together, and when I was in one world, I couldn't help but miss the other."
In her article, Lisa recalled how she lived for some time in Italy, turning an ordinary vacation into a small life filled with glitz and glamour. She described how, while staying with a wealthy Florentine family, she tried to assimilate into the decadent culture and lifestyle of the wealthy Italians. She felt "like in a fairy tale", plunged into reality, where such things as servants and butlers were part of everyday life. “This life was filled with beauty and carelessness that my mother and I could only dream of,” recalls Lisa.
Ultimately, Steve Jobs had to come to terms with the fact of fatherhood and open the doors of his house to a man who is his immediate relative. Wanting to give his daughter a better education, he sent Lisa to study at Harvard, where she discovered her writing talent and subsequently won several university competitions.
Today, looking at Lisa and Steve, it is impossible not to notice their external resemblance (perhaps, with the exception of the absence of blue jeans and a black turtleneck in Lisa's wardrobe). Despite the fact that Steve Jobs has been married to Laurene Powell for 20 years and has three “legitimate” children with her, Lisa still maintains a close relationship with her father, and she is always welcome in the Jobs house.
Having endured a difficult and confusing childhood and adolescence, Lisa Jobs now resides in New York and is preparing for several important milestones in her life. Last year, she wrote on her blog: “Today I am on the cusp of exciting prospects. Behind me is childhood, and ahead is the first book, marriage and my own children. If you take another look at her last name, for some reason you can’t even doubt that she will succeed.
Became an Instagram star. More than 58,000 subscribers have subscribed to the page of 20-year-old Eve Jobs, whom the girl pleases with vivid photos and videos, the site says.
What does 20-year-old Eve Jobs look like?
Eve Jobs loves traveling, holidays, spends a lot of time with friends and loves horses.
The daughter of Steve Jobs decided to follow in the footsteps of her famous father - the girl is studying at Stanford - one of the most respected and rated universities in the US and in the world. The educational institution is located near Silicon Valley, where the headquarters of Apple is located. Eve Jobs, according to her teachers, boasts excellent results in her studies and social life of the university.
Eve Jobs was born in 1998 in the family of the famous entrepreneur Steve Jobs and his only wife, Lauren Powell. Eve was Steve's youngest child, before her, the couple had a son, Reed, and a daughter, Erin.
What do Steve Jobs kids do?
Reed, now 29, is studying cancer medicine, and Erin Jobs, 25, is a future architect. The choice of Reed is explained simply - it was cancer that took away the father from the children. Recall that Steve Jobs died in 2011 after an unsuccessful battle with a malignant tumor of the pancreas.
It is worth noting that Steve Jobs was never an exemplary father. He devoted very little time to his children, and especially to his daughters. By the way, more than once in an interview, the entrepreneur, laughing, said that it was the youngest daughter, thanks to her business acumen and ingenuity, who could lead Apple Corporation. Unless he becomes President of the United States.
Few people know, but Steve Jobs has another daughter. Lisa in 1978 gave birth to a young guy, his first love. The girl's mother was a hippie and had a lot of male friends, which made Steve doubt his paternity and abandon the newborn girl. Some time later, the relationship between father and daughter was confirmed by a DNA test.
Communicating with Lisa Jobs began only when the girl grew up. The lack of paternal attention in childhood was fully compensated - Steve paid a lot of attention to the girl and paid for her education. Lisa Brennan-Jobs became a successful television journalist. The name of the eldest daughter was named Apple Lisa - a personal computer created by Apple in the early 1980s.
Steve Jobs lived a life of discovery. He went down in history as a successful entrepreneur and a very smart person, and became a role model for millions of professionals around the world. We previously reported that they would be put up for auction with a starting price of $20,000.