Laurene Powell Jobs inherited her fortune--mostly through shares of Walt Disney and Apple-from her late husband, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011. Powell Jobs is the founder and president of the Emerson Collective, an impact investing, philanthropy and advocacy firm focused on environmental justice, health, immigration and education.

Powell Jobs purchased The Atlantic in 2017 and has invested in other media outlets and nonprofit newsrooms, including Axios, ProPublica, The Athletic and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In 2021 she launched the Waverley Street Foundation and committed to donate $3 billion over a decade to organizations addressing climate change through innovative solutions and environmental justice.

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