Steve Jobs
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Steven Paul Jobs (1955 - 2011)

Steven Paul (Steve) Jobs
Born in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of [private wife (1960s - unknown)]
Father of [private daughter (1970s - unknown)], [private son (1990s - unknown)], [private daughter (1990s - unknown)] and
Died at age 56 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Eric Weddington private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 3 Nov 2014
This page has been accessed 6,325 times.

Biography

Notables Project
Steve Jobs is Notable.

Steve Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology giant Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar. He was a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Steve Jobs was adopted February 1955
Location: San Francisco, California
Adoptive Parents Biological Parents
Father: Paul Reinhold Jobs Father: Abdulfattah "John" Jandali
Mother: Clara Hagopian Mother: Joanne Carole Schieble

Steve had a Syrian-born biological father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali and an American-born biological mother, Joanne Carole Schieble. He was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and Clara Jobs (née Hagopian) (1924–1986), an Armenian American.

Steve said, "Paul and Clara are 100% my parents. And Joanna and Abdulfatah—are only a sperm and an egg bank. It's not rude, it is the truth."[citation needed] Because of this, his adoptive parents are listed as his father and mother on this profile. An Adoption Box has been added above.

Sources

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77692175/steve-jobs: accessed February 13, 2024), memorial page for Steve Jobs (24 Feb 1955–5 Oct 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77692175, citing Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.




Is Steve your relative? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA
No known carriers of Steve's DNA have taken a DNA test.

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 1
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs



Comments: 5

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
As a person who was also adopted at birth, my suggestion is to not push someone to identify with who you think they should list as parents. Genetic or not. It has taken me 25 years to begin looking at a family tree that has nothing to do with my parents. It’s hard to take your person and your identity and everything you know and then split it. I have many friends who were adopted as well. They never looked for their birth parents. That is a very personal journey. A very difficult journey. Perhaps it is best to set your personal desires aside.

I chose to use this site to find and establish my genetic family. Another site, I use to build upon the family that has always been mine since I was adopted. They are my whole life!! Be patient, be kind, even when it doesn’t serve you. Most everything in life finds exactly the right time where it is supposed to be at the right moment. That doesn’t always mean it’s your time or moment.

posted by S Farris
Hello Profile Managers!

We are featuring this profile in the Connection Finder this week. Between now and Wednesday is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can.

Thanks!

Abby

posted by Abby (Brown) Glann
I agree with the other comments, as well as the notes in the biography section. For accuracy, the biological parents should be linked, with the adoptive parents noted in the biography. For those who are attempting to make the DNA links to ancestors, the current links make it impossible. Mr. Jobs wishes to acknowledge his adoptive parents can be honored in the biography.
posted by JJ Stratton
I agree that listing his adoptive parents as his birth parents is disingenuous. He may have considered his adoptive parents as his true parents, but they most certainly didn't pass him their genes.
posted by Andrew Moore
I understand you want to honor his wishes and honor his adoptive parents. But, I'd like to see birth parents in links and list his adoptive parents in biography. Using adoptive parents in links makes all of the ancestors shown worthless. You also do not include his genetic sister. I think there is a way you can show both nicely. Thanks.
posted by Deb (Pauli) Williams