- Laurene Powell Jobs, 52, is the sixth richest woman in the world
- She has controlled Steve Jobs' trust since his death in October 2011
- Her assets include a 7.8 per cent share of The Walt Disney Company
- Jobs also inherited her husband's $560 million stake at Apple
- She owns four homes and a 260-foot yacht co-designed by her husband
When
Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011, most of his assets passed on to
his wife, making her one of the 50 richest people in the world.
Laurene
Powell Jobs, 52, married the tech mogul in 1991 - ten years before the
release of the first iPod - and now manages a $16.7bn fortune according
to Forbes.
She owns, among other things, two private jets, four real estate properties and shares of the Walt Disney Company and Apple, Business Insider reported.
Powell
Jobs is now the sixth richest woman in the world based on Forbes'
ranking, behind French L'Oreal shareholder Liliane Bettencourt, Wal-Mart
heiress Alice Walton, Mars heiress Jacqueline Mars, Italian Michele
Ferrero's widow Maria Franca Fissolo and German BMW heiress Susanne
Klatten.
Laurene Powell Jobs (pictured with
Steve Jobs in 2010) married the tech mogul in 1991 - ten years before
the release of the first iPod - and now manages a $16.7bn fortune
Her fortune comes mainly from the Walt Disney Company she inherited from her husband, according to Business Insider.
That
share was worth $7.4 billion when he sold Pixar, his animation studio,
to Disney in 2006. It has now increased to $12.7 billion, Business
Insider reported.
The
Laurene Powell Jobs Trust, which Jobs has managed since the death of her
husband, is the largest individual shareholder at the Walt Disney
Company, with a 7.8 per cent stake according to Forbes.
Powell
Jobs' share of Apple, on the other hand, is tiny compared to what it
could have been: according to Business Insider, her stake at the company
comes to $560 million.
That's
not even one per cent of the $65 billion his original 11 per cent stake
at the company would represent today, the website wrote.
But he sold it when Apple ousted him in 1985.
Steve Jobs never got to see the
26-foot, $138 million yacht (pictured) that he imagined with French
designer Philippe Starck. He died before the finished yacht, named
Venus, was unveiled in October 2012
Among four real estate properties in
total, Powell Jobs owns the Palo Alto house (pictured) where she lived
with her husband and their children, worth $8 million
Her
assets also include four real estate properties, Business Insider
reported. One of them is the house where she lived with her husband and
their children, located in Palo Alto and worth $8 million.
She owns two additional properties in Woodside, each worth $7.5 and $10 million, the website wrote.
Powell-Jobs purchased the last one, a three-acre property in Malibu, in March last year for $44 million according to Wealth-X.
Powell Jobs pledged $50 million to a national high school reform project in September last year
She has also inherited the 26-foot, $138 million yacht her husband imagined with French designer Philippe Starck.
He died before he could see the finished yacht, named Venus, which was unveiled in October 2012.
His
family gave iPod shuffles with the name of the ship written on the back
as a thank-you to everyone involved in the construction, Wealth-X
wrote.
Powell-Jobs
also owns two private jets - a 2013 Gulfstream G650, currently priced
at $58,8 million, and a 1999 Gulfstream G-V, now worth $9.95 million.
The
rest of her fortune is divided between cash and liquid assets according
to Business Insider, and comes from stock transactions, dividends and
investments, as well as previous salaries and bonuses.
Powell-Jobs,
who met her husband in 1989 when he came to give a lecture at Stanford
Business School, where she was a student, had three children with him.
She has co-founded several programs to assist disadvantaged students.
The latest, XQ: The Super School Project, is a national campaign to reform high schools.
She pledged $50 million to the project in September last year.
Powell
Jobs is one of the top donors to the Ready for Hillary Super PAC
according to Forbes and supports the DREAM Act, a bill that would
establish a path to US citizenship for children of undocumented
immigrants.
She also owns two private jets, one of
which is a 1999 Gulfstream G-V (file picture), now worth $9.95 million.
Powell Jobs also has shares at The Walt Disney Company and Apple
The other private jet, a 2013
Gulfstream G650 (file picture), is currently priced at $58,8
million. The rest of her wealth is divided between cash and liquid
assets
The major part of Powell Jobs' fortune
comes from a 7.8 per cent share of The Walt Disney Company, which is
now worth $12.7 billion
