Reed Jobs

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Reed Jobs
Born
Reed Paul Jobs

(1991-09-22) September 22, 1991 (age 33)
Education Stanford University
Occupation Venture capitalist
Years active2023–present
Known forFounder of Yosemite venture fund
Spouse
Elena Swanson McCallister
(m. 2023)
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 Yosemite venture fund. He is the son of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs. [1]

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Early life

Reed was born to Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell Jobs. Reed was studying oncology and had started a summer internship at Stanford when he was 15. [2] He switched majors to history after his father died from pancreatic cancer in 2011. [3]

Career

Reed founded $200 million venture fund named Yosemite 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] Yosemite was built off of Jobs' previous work at the Emerson Collective. [6]

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