Steve Jobs' 4 Kids: All About Reed, Lisa, Erin and Eve

Mar. 15, 2025

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Steve Jobsleft behind more than just his legacy at Apple.

After his passing, his widow Laurene inherited billions of dollars of stock in Apple andThe Walt Disney Company, but sheisn’t planning to pass it onto any of her late husband’s children.

“I’m not interested in legacy wealth buildings, and my children know that,” she toldThe New York Timesin February 2020. “Steve wasn’t interested in that. If I live long enough, it ends with me.”

“I inherited my wealth from my husband, who didn’t care about the accumulation of wealth,” she continued. “I am doing this in honor of his work, and I’ve dedicated my life to doing the very best I can to distribute it effectively, in ways that lift up individuals and communities in a sustainable way.”

Read on for everything you need to know about Steve Jobs' four kids.

Lisa Brennan-Jobs, 46

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Lisa Brennan-Jobswas born on May 17, 1978, when her mother, Chrisann Brennan, and Jobs were 23. They first met in 1972 and had an on-again-off-again relationship for several years.

She explained in the memoir that her mother worked several jobs and relied on welfare to make ends meet during the first two years of her life, writing, “My father didn’t help.” After a DNA test proved Jobs' paternity in 1980, the court required minimal child-support payments and medical insurance coverage for Lisa until age 18.

Lisa, now 46, attended Harvard University and also spent a year studying abroad at King’s College in London. She moved to Manhattan after graduating from Harvard in 2000 to pursue writing, and has written for outlets includingVogue,The Massachusetts ReviewandO, The Oprah Magazine. She shares a son with her husband, Bill, a software designer.

While promoting his authorized biography in 2011, Jobs spoke aboutsome of his regrets: “I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.”

“Lisa is part of our family, so it was with sadness that we read her book, which differs dramatically from our memories of those times,” Steve’s widow Laurene, their three children and his sister, Mona Simpson, said in a statement toThe New York Times.

“The portrayal of Steve is not the husband and father we knew. Steve loved Lisa and regretted that he was not the father he should have been during her early childhood. It was a great comfort to Steve to have Lisa home with all of us during the last days of his life, and we are all grateful for the years we spent together as a family,” the statement concluded.

Reed Jobs, 33

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AfterJobs married Laurene Powellin March 1991, they welcomed their first child, Reed, on Sept. 22, 1991.

While the collective as a whole focuses on everything from immigration reform to the environment, Reed’s work is concentrated in the healthcare space. “While most other players in this space focus on philanthropy or investment, we’re able to do both,” he explains in a Q&A on Emerson Collective’swebsite, noting that his team’s “core goal” is to develop “new therapeutic options for cancer patients.”

Erin Siena Jobs, 29

Born on Aug. 19, 1995, Erin is the most private of Jobs' children.

In Jobs' 2011authorized biography,Steve Jobs, author Walter Isaacson wrote that Erin is “quiet, introspective” and has “a personal sensitivity more mature than her father’s.”

Erin told Isaacson for the biography: “He does his best to be both a father and the CEO of Apple, and he juggles those pretty well. Sometimes I wish I had more of his attention, but I know the work he’s doing is very important and I think it’s really cool, so I’m fine. I don’t really need more attention.”

While Erin doesn’t appear to have any active social media profiles, her little sister Eve posted a tribute for her 26th birthday in 2021. “To my lifelong best friend — happy birthday!! I love you I love you I love you 🌟,” Eve wrote next to a throwback photo of the sisters smiling on a boat.

Eve Jobs, 26

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Eve Jobs was born on July 9, 1998, and is the youngest of Jobs' four children. She is a Stanford University graduate and anaccomplished equestrian. In 2019, the show-jumper was ranked number five on the list of top 1,000 riders under 25 around the world, according toHorse Sport.

After maintaining a low profile for most of her upbringing and young adult life,Eve debuted her relationshipon Instagram in early 2021 withHarry Hudson, a longtime close friend ofKylie Jenner. They have since deleted the photos posted together, leading to speculation that they have since called it quits.

A few months aftermaking her Paris Fashion Week debutin September 2021,Eve announcedin March 2022 that she had signed with DNA Model Management, which also represents faces includingKaia GerberandEmily Ratajkowski. She also attended the 2022Met Gala, dressed in Louis Vuitton.

“Me upgrading from iPhone 13 to iPhone 14 after Apple’s announcement today,” read the caption.

source: people.com