Reed Jobs

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Reed Jobs
Born
Reed Paul Jobs

(1991-09-22) September 22, 1991 (age 34)
Education Stanford University
Occupation Venture capitalist
Years active2023–present
Spouse
Elena Swanson McCallister
(m. 2023)
Children1
Parents
Relatives Eve Jobs (sister)
Lisa Brennan-Jobs (half-sister)
Mona Simpson (aunt)

Reed Paul Jobs (born September 22, 1991) is an American venture capitalist and founder of the Yosemite Venture Fund. He is the son of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell Jobs. [1]

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Early life

Reed Jobs had summer internship in oncology at Stanford when he was 15. [2] He switched his major to history after his father died from pancreatic cancer in 2011. [3]

Career

Reed Jobs' mother, Laurene Powell Jobs, founded the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic venture capital enterprise, in 2011. Jobs served as the managing director for health at Emerson. In 2023, Jobs spun off a new venture capital firm, Yosemite, from the Emerson Collective; Yosemite was reported to have over $200 million in assets under management in August 2023. [4] The venture fund is focused on cancer treatments. Named after the park where Reed Jobs' parents were married in 1991, the fund raised money from John Doerr, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and M.I.T. [5] [6]

References

  1. "Steve Jobs' son starting investment firm to focus on new cancer treatments, per report". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. "Steve Jobs's Son Gets Into Venture Capital". August 1, 2023.
  3. Loizos, Connie (2023-08-01). "Reed Jobs, son of Steve Jobs, takes the wraps off a $200 million venture fund that will back new cancer treatments". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  4. Breen, Amanda (2023-08-01). "Steve Jobs' Son, Reed, Launches a VC Firm 'Yosemite'". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  5. Benedicto, Irene. "Steve Jobs' Son Launches New VC Firm With $200 Million To Fight Cancer". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  6. "Meet Reed Jobs, the Apple cofounder's son who just launched a VC fund to invest in cancer treatments". Business Insider Africa. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-05.