15 Facts About Laurene Jobs

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Laurene Powell Jobs is an American billionaire businesswoman and executive.

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Laurene Jobs is the founder and chair of Emerson Collective and XQ Institute.

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Laurene Jobs is the widow of Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc.

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Laurene Jobs has recently been a major donor to Democratic Party politicians.

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Laurene Jobs received her MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991.

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Powell Jobs co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company that sold to retailers throughout Northern California.

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Laurene Jobs served on the board of directors of Achieva, which created online tools to help students study more effectively at standardized testing.

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8.

In 2004, Powell Laurene Jobs founded the Emerson Collective, a private company structured as a Limited Liability Company, that supports social entrepreneurs and organizations working in education and immigration reform, social justice, media, and journalism and conservation through partnerships, grants, and investments.

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Powell Laurene Jobs was an early investor in, and board member of, Ozy.

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In 1997, Powell Laurene Jobs co-founded College Track together with Carlos Watson.

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Laurene Jobs was the second-largest shareholder behind chairman Ted Leonsis.

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In September 2015, Powell Laurene Jobs launched a $50 million project to create high schools with new approaches to education.

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Powell Laurene Jobs is a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council.

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Laurene Jobs is chair of the board of directors of XQ and sits on the chairman's advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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In October 1989, Steve Laurene Jobs gave a "View from the Top" lecture at Stanford Business School.