Laurene Powell Jobs speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch) Steve Jennings A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. News that Laurene Powell … Read more
You don’t need a quiet, harmonious household to raise the next Steve Jobs or Frida Kahlo. Kids who grow up with parents who regularly disagree — in a constructive fashion — can become more creative adults, Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently told the “What Now? … Read more
Superyachts are causing a real ruckus in the Mediterranean these days. After a yacht commissioned by Apple founder Steve Jobs crashed into another ship last week, a town on the Mediterranean coast has now had to shut beaches as waste from multi-million-dollar yachts washes up on shore. The bZ4X Is A Rare Misfire From Toyota … Read more
Steve Jobs is 28 years old, and seems a little nervous as he starts his speech to a group of designers gathered under a large tent in Aspen, Colorado. He fiddles with his bow tie and soon removes his suit jacket, dropping it to the floor when he finds no other place to set it … Read more
From the Macintosh computer to the iPhone, Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs was widely considered an innovative visionary who helped revolutionize the way we use technology in our everyday lives. Now, a newly released clip from 1983 reveals Jobs may have been more ahead of his time than we knew. The Steve Jobs Archive’s latest … Read more
Some fathers teach their kids how to shoot three-pointers or make hamburgers. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ dad Paul taught him how to build a fence around their home in Mountain View, California. The process taught him how to be detail-oriented, a mindset he enforced at Apple, Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson told CBS’s “60 Minutes” in 2011. … Read more
Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of DataStax. Datastax Steve Jobs’ former intern has some sage advice for college graduates: stop focusing on working for big companies and instead find the best people to work for. Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of generative AI company DataStax, has had an illustrious career in Silicon Valley. The Kolkata-born … Read more
Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of DataStax. Datastax As a teen, Chet Kapoor dreamed of working for tech mogul Steve Jobs. One day, that dream became a reality when Kapoor was hired as an intern at software company NeXT, founded by Jobs. “Steve was this iconic individual and I didn’t know him … I was … Read more
It’s an age-old question for parents: Should you push your children into specific activities and educational pursuits or fully let them follow their own passions? Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, 73, says his parents took the latter approach — and he’s happier and more successful because of it. He used the same strategy when raising his … Read more
Apple uses the dominance of the iPhone to illegally suppress competition in ways that harm consumers, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Apple has denied it acts illegally, with spokesperson Fred Sainz saying that the suit “threatens who we are and the principles that set Apple products apart in fiercely … Read more
