Steve Jobs' widow says he will not give any of his millionaire inheritance to his children
Laurene Powell Jobs is worth $ 27.5 billion and is among the 40 richest people in the world. However, the children of the creator of Apple will not receive this money.
After the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, almost all of the millionaire inheritance of the creative genius of Apple was at the hands of his widow Laurene Powell Jobs. 5.5 billion shares of Apple and 7.3% of The Walt Disney Company that represented more than USD 10 billion dollars made it a billion dollar.
The fortune of women has grown exponentially, especially due to the rise of Disney, and today it is valued at USD 27,500 million, which makes her the fourth richest woman in the world and therefore is among the select group of 40 people wealthiest on the planet.
However, in an interview with The New York Times, Powell Jobs has said that she is against people having this type of fortune and that her children will not receive any of the money that was accumulated thanks to her husband's work. her.
"It is not right for people to accumulate great wealth equivalent to that of millions and millions of people together. There is nothing fair about that," Powell Jobs said.
The billionaire said this practice was common in the early 19th and 20th centuries in the Rockefeller family, the Carnegies, the Mellons and the Fords. She however she stressed that the world has changed and that this accumulation of wealth is dangerous for society, and should not exist.
The woman she said that she is not interested in accumulating money and her goal is to allocate everything to charities with which she can help people to have a better life. This idea came from the position of her husband, who always said that her fortune was of little importance to him.
"I inherited my wealth from my husband, who did not care about accumulation. […] I am doing this in honor of his work, and I have dedicated my life to doing the best I can to distribute it effectively, in a way that raises people and communities in a sustainable way, "he explained.
Apple, the first company to reach a billion dollars in the stock market
Jobs had three children with Laurene - Reed Paul, Erin Sienna and Eve - and according to her the fortune will not be inherited, but will end with her life.
"I'm not interested in building inherited estate, and my kids know it. Steve wasn't interested in that. If I live long enough, [the estate] ends up with me," the woman added.
The Jobs always had a particular approach to the way they raised their children and according to the father himself confessed, they were not allowed to use devices such as iPhone or iPad.
In an interview they asked him: "Should your kids love the iPad?" and he answered "They haven't used it. Let's limit the amount of technology that children can use at home."
Jobs also had another daughter, Lisa Nicole, to whom she denied paternity for years but was later found to be her father. Although Jobs for years refused to give her money, after her death the young woman received an inheritance of several million dollars whose exact figure has not been released.
In 2004, Powell Jobs founded the charitable company Emerson Collective with which he supports social entrepreneurs and organizations working to reform education and immigration, specializing in social justice, media and journalism.
Another charity project created by the widow is XQ: The Super School Project. An initiative that seeks to reform education by changing the way in which secondary schools establish their curriculum.
