| Lisa Brennan-Jobs | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 17, 1978 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University King's College, London |
| Relative(s) | Steve Jobs (father; deceased) Chris-Ann Brennan (mother) Mona Simpson (aunt) Laurene Powell Jobs (stepmother) |
Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs (born May 17, 1978)[1] is an American journalist and magazine writer. She is the daughter of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Chris-Ann Brennan.[2][3]
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Brennan-Jobs was born in 1978 to 23-year-old Chrisann Brennan, a Bay Area painter, and Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. founder, who had dated on and off since high school.[4] She was born just as Apple Computer, the company her father founded, began to experience significant growth. The Apple Lisa computer, invented the year she was born, was named after her, though initially when Jobs declined paternity, he and Apple claimed that the name was an acronym for "Local Integrated Software Architecture".[5] Years later, Jobs admitted, "Obviously, it was named for my daughter."[4]
Steve Jobs initially refused to acknowledge paternity, swearing in court documents that he could not be Lisa's father because he was "sterile and infertile, and as a result thereof, did not have the physical capacity to procreate a child."[2] Eventually, Jobs acknowledged paternity. Brennan-Jobs later reconnected with her father; she lived with him for a few years in her teens, and he paid for her to go to Harvard University, where she cultivated her interest in writing.[5] Brennan-Jobs has three younger half-siblings.[2]
Brennan-Jobs graduated from Harvard University in 2000[2] and then moved to Europe.
She is a writer and has been published in The Southwest Review, The Massachusetts Review, Harvard Crimson,[6] The Harvard Advocate, Spiked, Vogue, and O, The Oprah Magazine.