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{{Short description|American writer}}
{{Short description|American writer (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Lisa Brennan-Jobs
| name = Lisa Brennan-Jobs
| image = Lisa Brennan-Jobs.jpg
| image = Lisa Brennan-Jobs.jpg
| caption = Jobs in 2005
| caption = Brennan-Jobs in 2005
| birth_name = Lisa Nicole Brennan
| birth_name = Lisa Nicole Brennan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|17}}
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| spouse = Bill
| spouse = Bill
| children = 1
| children = 1
| father = [[Steve Jobs]]
| parents = [[Steve Jobs]]<br>[[Chrisann Brennan]]
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| relatives = [[Eve Jobs]] (half-sister)<br>[[Mona Simpson]] (aunt)
| mother = [[Chrisann Brennan]]
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| relatives = [[Eve Jobs]] (sister)<br>[[Mona Simpson]] (aunt)
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'''Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs''' ({{née}} '''Brennan'''; born May 17, 1978) is an American writer. She is the daughter of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] co-founder [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Chrisann Brennan]]. Jobs initially denied paternity for several years, which led to a legal case and various media reports in the early days of Apple. Lisa and Steve Jobs eventually reconciled, and he accepted his paternity. Brennan-Jobs later worked as a journalist and magazine writer. An early Apple business computer, the [[Apple Lisa]], is named after Brennan-Jobs, and she has been depicted in a number of biographies and films, including the biopics ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'' (1999), ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]'' (2013), and ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' (2015). A fictionalized version of her is a major character in her aunt [[Mona Simpson]]'s novel ''A Regular Guy''.
'''Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs''' ({{née}} '''Brennan'''; born May 17, 1978) is an American writer. She is the daughter of [[Apple Inc.]] co-founder [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Chrisann Brennan]].


Jobs initially denied paternity for several years, which led to a legal case and various media reports in the early days of Apple. Lisa and Steve Jobs eventually reconciled, and he accepted his paternity. Brennan-Jobs later worked as a journalist and magazine writer. An early Apple business computer, the [[Apple Lisa]], is named after her, and she has been depicted in a number of biographies and films, including the biopics ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'' (1999), ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]'' (2013), and ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' (2015). A fictionalized version of Brennan-Jobs is a major character in her aunt [[Mona Simpson]]'s novel ''A Regular Guy''.
==Birth==

==Early life==
Lisa Nicole Brennan was born on May 17, 1978, on [[Robert Friedland]]'s All One Farm [[History of the hippie movement#New Communalism|commune]] outside [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref name="JobsBio1">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter | author-link =Walter Isaacson|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|year=2011|page=ebook|publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref><ref name=bite>{{cite book|last=Brennan |first=Chrisann | author-link =Chrisann Brennan|title=[[The Bite in the Apple|The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs]] |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=ebook |date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> Her mother, [[Chrisann Brennan]], and her father, Steve Jobs, first met at [[Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)|Homestead High School]] in [[Cupertino, California]], in 1972 and had an on-off relationship for the next five years.<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite" /> In 1977, after Jobs had co-founded [[Apple Inc.]], he and Brennan moved into a house with their friend [[Daniel Kottke]] near the company's office in Cupertino, where they all worked.<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite"/><ref name="standingphoto">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-apples-first-employees-2013-12|title=These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful|access-date=January 19, 2015|last=Edwards|first=Jim|date=December 26, 2013|newspaper=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> It was during this period that Brennan became pregnant with Lisa. Jobs, however, did not assume responsibility for the pregnancy, which led Brennan to end the relationship, leave their shared home, and support herself by cleaning houses.<ref name="bite"/>
Lisa Nicole Brennan was born on May 17, 1978, on [[Robert Friedland]]'s All One Farm [[History of the hippie movement#New Communalism|commune]] outside [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref name="JobsBio1">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter | author-link =Walter Isaacson|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|year=2011|page=ebook|publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref><ref name=bite>{{cite book|last=Brennan |first=Chrisann | author-link =Chrisann Brennan|title=[[The Bite in the Apple|The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs]] |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=ebook |date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> Her mother, [[Chrisann Brennan]], and her father, Steve Jobs, first met at [[Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)|Homestead High School]] in [[Cupertino, California]], in 1972 and had an on-off relationship for the next five years.<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite" /> In 1977, after Jobs had co-founded [[Apple Inc.]], he and Brennan moved into a house with their friend [[Daniel Kottke]] near the company's office in Cupertino, where they all worked.<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite"/><ref name="standingphoto">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-apples-first-employees-2013-12|title=These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful|access-date=January 19, 2015|last=Edwards|first=Jim|date=December 26, 2013|newspaper=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> It was during this period that Brennan became pregnant with Lisa. Jobs, however, did not assume responsibility for the pregnancy, which led Brennan to end the relationship, leave their shared home, and support herself by cleaning houses.<ref name="bite"/>


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After Lisa was born, Jobs publicly denied paternity, which led to a legal case. Even after a [[DNA paternity testing|DNA paternity test]] established him as her father, he maintained his position.<ref name="JobsBio1"/><ref name=kids/><ref name=bib/> The resolution of the legal case required him to provide Brennan with $385 per month and to reimburse the state for the money she had received from welfare. After Apple went public and Jobs became a multimillionaire, he increased the payment to $500 a month.<ref name="bite"/> [[Michael Moritz]] interviewed Jobs, Brennan, and a number of others for the 1982 [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' Person of the Year]] special issue, released on January 3, 1983. In his interview, Jobs questioned the reliability of the paternity test, which had found that the "probability of paternity for Jobs, Steven... is 94.1%".<ref name="machineofthe year1">{{cite magazine|last1=Cocks|first1=Jay|author-link1=Jay Cocks|first2=Michael|last2=Moritz|author-link2=Michael Moritz|url=http://tech-insider.org/personal-computers/research/1983/0103.html|title=The Updated Book of Jobs|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|date=January 3, 1983|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> Jobs responded by arguing that "28% of the male population of the United States could be the father".<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite" /><ref name="machineofthe year1"/> Rather than name him "Person of the Year", as he and many others expected while giving the interviews, the issue was instead titled "Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves In".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves in.''|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|date=January 3, 1983}}</ref> The thematic change occurred after Moritz heard about Brennan-Jobs as well as Jobs' management style.<ref name="JobsBio1"/><ref name="bite" />
After Lisa was born, Jobs publicly denied paternity, which led to a legal case. Even after a [[DNA paternity testing|DNA paternity test]] established him as her father, he maintained his position.<ref name="JobsBio1"/><ref name=kids/><ref name=bib/> The resolution of the legal case required him to provide Brennan with $385 per month and to reimburse the state for the money she had received from welfare. After Apple went public and Jobs became a multimillionaire, he increased the payment to $500 a month.<ref name="bite"/> [[Michael Moritz]] interviewed Jobs, Brennan, and a number of others for the 1982 [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' Person of the Year]] special issue, released on January 3, 1983. In his interview, Jobs questioned the reliability of the paternity test, which had found that the "probability of paternity for Jobs, Steven... is 94.1%".<ref name="machineofthe year1">{{cite magazine|last1=Cocks|first1=Jay|author-link1=Jay Cocks|first2=Michael|last2=Moritz|author-link2=Michael Moritz|url=http://tech-insider.org/personal-computers/research/1983/0103.html|title=The Updated Book of Jobs|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|date=January 3, 1983|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> Jobs responded by arguing that "28% of the male population of the United States could be the father".<ref name="JobsBio1" /><ref name="bite" /><ref name="machineofthe year1"/> Rather than name him "Person of the Year", as he and many others expected while giving the interviews, the issue was instead titled "Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves In".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=''Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves in.''|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|date=January 3, 1983}}</ref> The thematic change occurred after Moritz heard about Brennan-Jobs as well as Jobs' management style.<ref name="JobsBio1"/><ref name="bite" />


Years later, after Jobs left Apple, he acknowledged Lisa and attempted to reconcile with her. Chrisann Brennan wrote that "he apologized many times over for his behavior" to her and Lisa and "said that he never took responsibility when he should have, and that he was sorry".<ref name="bite" /> After reconciling with her, nine-year-old Lisa wanted to change her last name and Jobs was happy and relieved to agree to it. Jobs legally altered her birth certificate, changing her name from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs.<ref name="bitecert">{{cite book |last=Brennan |first=Chrisann |date=October 29, 2013 |title=[[The Bite in the Apple|The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs]] |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=ebook |quote=Fast-forward six years when Lisa was nine, after she and her father had grown to know and love each other … It was in that window of time that Steve and Lisa decided to get her birth certificate straightened out. At nine, Lisa went from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Steve told me that he could hardly believe that she wanted to take his name. Very plainly relieved and honest, he said, 'I am just so happy that she does' … William Fenwick of Fenwick & West was the lawyer Steve used to fact-check and change the birth certificate.}}</ref> Brennan credits the change in Jobs to the influence of Brennan-Jobs' newly found biological aunt, author [[Mona Simpson]], who worked to repair the relationship between Brennan-Jobs and her father.<ref name="bite"/>
Years later, after Jobs left Apple, he acknowledged Lisa and attempted to reconcile with her. Chrisann Brennan wrote that "he apologized many times over for his behavior" to her and Lisa and "said that he never took responsibility when he should have, and that he was sorry".<ref name="bite" /> After reconciling, nine-year-old Lisa wanted to change her last name, and Jobs was happy and relieved to agree to it. Jobs legally altered her birth certificate, changing her name from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs.<ref name="bitecert">{{cite book |last=Brennan |first=Chrisann |date=October 29, 2013 |title=[[The Bite in the Apple|The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs]] |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |page=ebook |quote=Fast-forward six years when Lisa was nine, after she and her father had grown to know and love each other … It was in that window of time that Steve and Lisa decided to get her birth certificate straightened out. At nine, Lisa went from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Steve told me that he could hardly believe that she wanted to take his name. Very plainly relieved and honest, he said, 'I am just so happy that she does' … William Fenwick of Fenwick & West was the lawyer Steve used to fact-check and change the birth certificate.}}</ref> Brennan credits the change in Jobs to the influence of Brennan-Jobs' newly found biological aunt, author [[Mona Simpson]], who worked to repair the relationship between Brennan-Jobs and her father.<ref name="bite"/>

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Nevertheless, despite the reconciliation between Jobs and Lisa their relationship remained difficult. In her autobiography Lisa recounted many episodes of Jobs failing to be an appropriate parent. He remained mostly distant, cold and made her feel unwanted; even going as far as refusing to pay her college fees initially.<ref>{{cite web|last1= Thernstrom|first1=Melanie |title=The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/books/review/lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=February 1, 2021|date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1= Brockes|first1=Emma |title=The daughter Steve Jobs denied: 'Clearly I was not compelling enough for my father'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/01/daughter-steve-jobs-denied-lisa-brennan-jobs|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=February 1, 2021|date=September 4, 2018}}</ref>


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Nevertheless, despite the reconciliation between Jobs and Lisa their relationship remained difficult. In her autobiography, Lisa recounted many episodes of Jobs failing to be an appropriate parent. He remained mostly distant, cold and made her feel unwanted, and initially refused to pay her college fees.<ref>{{cite news|last1= Thernstrom|first1=Melanie |title=The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/books/review/lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=February 1, 2021|date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1= Brockes|first1=Emma |title=The daughter Steve Jobs denied: 'Clearly I was not compelling enough for my father'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/01/daughter-steve-jobs-denied-lisa-brennan-jobs|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=February 1, 2021|date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> According to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune magazine]]'', in his will, Jobs left Lisa a multi-million dollar inheritance.<ref name=Fortune2015-08-06/>
According to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune magazine]]'', in his will, Jobs left Lisa a multi-million dollar inheritance.<ref name=Fortune2015-08-06/>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
When Brennan-Jobs was living with her mother, she attended [[The Nueva School]] and [[Lick-Wilmerding High School|Lick Wilmerding High School]]. Later, after she had moved in with her father, she attended [[Palo Alto High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolverton|first=Troy|title=The new biography from Steve Jobs' daughter offers more proof that Silicon Valley is like a small town|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-brennan-jobs-apple-steve-jobs-youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-2018-8|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McMurtrie|first=John|date=October 3, 2018|title=Author Lisa Brennan-Jobs revisits her Bay Area roots|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/author-lisa-brennan-jobs-revisits-her-bay-area-roots|url-status=live|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide|language=en-US}}</ref> She enrolled at [[Harvard University]] in 1996 and studied overseas for one year at [[King's College London]].<ref name="JobsBio1"/> While a student at Harvard, she wrote for ''[[The Harvard Crimson]].''<ref name="hcrimsonprofile1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/writer/5568/Lisa_N._Brennan-jobs/|title=Lisa N. Brennan-Jobs - Writer Profile|newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|access-date=February 18, 2010}}</ref> She graduated in 2000 and subsequently moved to [[Manhattan]] to work as a writer.<ref name="JobsBio1"/> She has written for ''[[Southwest Review|The Southwest Review]]'', ''[[The Massachusetts Review]]'', ''[[The Harvard Advocate]]'', ''[[Spiked (magazine)|Spiked]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', and ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine]].''<ref name=kids>{{cite web
When Brennan-Jobs was living with her mother, she attended [[The Nueva School]] and [[Lick-Wilmerding High School|Lick Wilmerding High School]]. Later, after she had moved in with her father, she attended [[Palo Alto High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolverton|first=Troy|title=The new biography from Steve Jobs' daughter offers more proof that Silicon Valley is like a small town|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-brennan-jobs-apple-steve-jobs-youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-2018-8|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McMurtrie|first=John|date=October 3, 2018|title=Author Lisa Brennan-Jobs revisits her Bay Area roots|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/author-lisa-brennan-jobs-revisits-her-bay-area-roots|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide|language=en-US}}</ref> She enrolled at [[Harvard University]] in 1996 and studied overseas for one year at [[King's College London]].<ref name="JobsBio1"/> While a student at Harvard, she wrote for ''[[The Harvard Crimson]].''<ref name="hcrimsonprofile1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/writer/5568/Lisa_N._Brennan-jobs/|title=Lisa N. Brennan-Jobs - Writer Profile|newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|access-date=February 18, 2010}}</ref> She graduated in 2000 and subsequently moved to [[Manhattan]] to work as a writer.<ref name="JobsBio1"/> She has written for ''[[Southwest Review|The Southwest Review]]'', ''[[The Massachusetts Review]]'', ''[[The Harvard Advocate]]'', ''[[Spiked (magazine)|Spiked]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', and ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine]].''<ref name=kids>{{cite web
|url=http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/steve-jobs-children-steve-jobs-kids/10/6/2011/id/37247
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|title=The Kids of Business Icons: Lisa Brennan-Jobs
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==Publications==
==Publications==


In 2018, Brennan-Jobs published ''[[Small Fry (book)|Small Fry]]'', a memoir detailing her childhood and the complex and sometimes difficult relationship she had with her father.<ref name="Small Fry">{{cite book | title=Small Fry | first=Lisa | last=Brennan-Jobs | author-link=Lisa Brennan-Jobs | date=2019 | publisher=Gale, a Cengage Company | location=Farmington Hills, MI | isbn=9781432860318 | oclc=1050141023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Rob |title=The daughter that Steve Jobs once disavowed is writing a memoir about her childhood |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-brennan-jobs-writing-small-fry-2018-3 |access-date=June 14, 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=March 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kopytoff |first1=Verne |title=Steve Jobs' Daughter Is Writing a Memoir About Their Complicated Relationship |url=http://fortune.com/2018/03/16/steve-jobs-daughter-is-writing-a-memoir/ |access-date=June 14, 2018 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=March 16, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/small-fry/|title=Book Marks reviews of Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs|website=bookmarks.reviews|language=en-US|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>
In 2018, Brennan-Jobs published ''[[Small Fry (memoir)|Small Fry]]'', a memoir detailing her childhood and the complex and sometimes difficult relationship she had with her father.<ref name="Small Fry">{{cite book | title=Small Fry | first=Lisa | last=Brennan-Jobs | author-link=Lisa Brennan-Jobs | date=2019 | publisher=Gale, a Cengage Company | location=Farmington Hills, MI | isbn=9781432860318 | oclc=1050141023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Rob |title=The daughter that Steve Jobs once disavowed is writing a memoir about her childhood |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lisa-brennan-jobs-writing-small-fry-2018-3 |access-date=June 14, 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=March 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kopytoff |first1=Verne |title=Steve Jobs' Daughter Is Writing a Memoir About Their Complicated Relationship |url=http://fortune.com/2018/03/16/steve-jobs-daughter-is-writing-a-memoir/ |access-date=June 14, 2018 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=March 16, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/small-fry/|title=Book Marks reviews of Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs|website=bookmarks.reviews|language=en-US|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>


==In media==
==In media==
Brennan-Jobs has been portrayed in several biographies of her father, including [[Walter Isaacson]]'s 2011 authorized biography ''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]''. Mona Simpson's 1996 novel ''A Regular Guy'' is a fictionalized account based on the story of Brennan-Jobs and her parents.<ref name="JobsBio1"/> She has been depicted in three [[biopic]] films: Brooke Radding portrayed her in the 1999 [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] TV film ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'', while she is played as a child by [[Ava Acres]], and as an adult by Annika Bertea, in the 2013 film ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]''. In the 2015 film ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'', directed by [[Danny Boyle]], Brennan-Jobs is portrayed at different ages by [[Perla Haney-Jardine]], Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss. ''Steve Jobs'' screenwriter [[Aaron Sorkin]] said that he discussed the screenplay with Brennan-Jobs in advance and that she is the "heroine of the film".<ref name=says>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/17/7234729/steve-jobs-daughter-lisa-is-the-heroine-of-aaron-sorkins-film|title=Aaron Sorkin says Steve Jobs' daughter Lisa is the hero of his film|access-date=July 4, 2015|last=Miller|first=Ross|date=November 17, 2014|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>
Brennan-Jobs has been portrayed in several biographies of her father, including [[Walter Isaacson]]'s 2011 authorized biography ''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]''. Mona Simpson's 1996 novel ''A Regular Guy'' is a fictionalized account based on the story of Brennan-Jobs and her parents.<ref name="JobsBio1"/> She has been depicted in three [[biopic]] films: Brooke Radding portrayed her in the 1999 [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] TV film ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'', while she is played as a child by [[Ava Acres]], and as an adult by Annika Bertea, in the 2013 film ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]''. In the 2015 film ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'', directed by [[Danny Boyle]], Brennan-Jobs is portrayed at different ages by [[Perla Haney-Jardine]], Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss. ''Steve Jobs'' screenwriter [[Aaron Sorkin]] said that he discussed the screenplay with Brennan-Jobs in advance and that she is the "heroine of the film".<ref name=says>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/17/7234729/steve-jobs-daughter-lisa-is-the-heroine-of-aaron-sorkins-film|title=Aaron Sorkin says Steve Jobs' daughter Lisa is the hero of his film|access-date=July 4, 2015|last=Miller|first=Ross|date=November 17, 2014|work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Brennan-Jobs resides in [[Brooklyn]], New York City with her husband, Bill, and their son.<ref name="nyt profile">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology|title=In 'Small Fry,' Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We?|last1=Bowles|first1=Nellie|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|work=New York Times}}</ref>
Brennan-Jobs resides in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, with her husband, Bill, and their son.<ref name="nyt profile">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/books/steve-jobs-lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology|title=In 'Small Fry,' Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We?|last1=Bowles|first1=Nellie|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|work=New York Times}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Brennan-Jobs in 2005
Born
Lisa Nicole Brennan

(1978-05-17) May 17, 1978 (age 46)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
OccupationWriter
SpouseBill
Children1
Parent(s)Steve Jobs
Chrisann Brennan
RelativesEve Jobs (half-sister)
Mona Simpson (aunt)

Lisa Nicole Brennan-Jobs (née Brennan; born May 17, 1978) is an American writer. She is the daughter of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs and Chrisann Brennan.

Jobs initially denied paternity for several years, which led to a legal case and various media reports in the early days of Apple. Lisa and Steve Jobs eventually reconciled, and he accepted his paternity. Brennan-Jobs later worked as a journalist and magazine writer. An early Apple business computer, the Apple Lisa, is named after her, and she has been depicted in a number of biographies and films, including the biopics Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), Jobs (2013), and Steve Jobs (2015). A fictionalized version of Brennan-Jobs is a major character in her aunt Mona Simpson's novel A Regular Guy.

Early life

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Lisa Nicole Brennan was born on May 17, 1978, on Robert Friedland's All One Farm commune outside Portland, Oregon.[1][2] Her mother, Chrisann Brennan, and her father, Steve Jobs, first met at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, in 1972 and had an on-off relationship for the next five years.[1][2] In 1977, after Jobs had co-founded Apple Inc., he and Brennan moved into a house with their friend Daniel Kottke near the company's office in Cupertino, where they all worked.[1][2][3] It was during this period that Brennan became pregnant with Lisa. Jobs, however, did not assume responsibility for the pregnancy, which led Brennan to end the relationship, leave their shared home, and support herself by cleaning houses.[2]

In 1978, Brennan moved to the All One Farm commune to have the baby. Jobs was not present for the baby's birth and only came up three days later after Robert Friedland, the farm's owner and a friend of Jobs from Reed College, persuaded him to do so. Brennan and Jobs named the baby Lisa. Jobs named the computer project he was working on, the Apple Lisa, after her. Shortly after, Jobs publicly denied that he was the child's father. He claimed that the Apple Lisa was not named for her, and his team had come up with the phrase "Local Integrated System Architecture" as an alternative explanation for the project's name.[1][4] Decades later, Jobs admitted that "obviously, it was named for my daughter".[1]

Paternity case and reconciliation

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After Lisa was born, Jobs publicly denied paternity, which led to a legal case. Even after a DNA paternity test established him as her father, he maintained his position.[1][4][5] The resolution of the legal case required him to provide Brennan with $385 per month and to reimburse the state for the money she had received from welfare. After Apple went public and Jobs became a multimillionaire, he increased the payment to $500 a month.[2] Michael Moritz interviewed Jobs, Brennan, and a number of others for the 1982 Time Person of the Year special issue, released on January 3, 1983. In his interview, Jobs questioned the reliability of the paternity test, which had found that the "probability of paternity for Jobs, Steven... is 94.1%".[6] Jobs responded by arguing that "28% of the male population of the United States could be the father".[1][2][6] Rather than name him "Person of the Year", as he and many others expected while giving the interviews, the issue was instead titled "Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves In".[7] The thematic change occurred after Moritz heard about Brennan-Jobs as well as Jobs' management style.[1][2]

Years later, after Jobs left Apple, he acknowledged Lisa and attempted to reconcile with her. Chrisann Brennan wrote that "he apologized many times over for his behavior" to her and Lisa and "said that he never took responsibility when he should have, and that he was sorry".[2] After reconciling, nine-year-old Lisa wanted to change her last name, and Jobs was happy and relieved to agree to it. Jobs legally altered her birth certificate, changing her name from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs.[8] Brennan credits the change in Jobs to the influence of Brennan-Jobs' newly found biological aunt, author Mona Simpson, who worked to repair the relationship between Brennan-Jobs and her father.[2]

Nevertheless, despite the reconciliation between Jobs and Lisa their relationship remained difficult. In her autobiography, Lisa recounted many episodes of Jobs failing to be an appropriate parent. He remained mostly distant, cold and made her feel unwanted, and initially refused to pay her college fees.[9][10] According to Fortune magazine, in his will, Jobs left Lisa a multi-million dollar inheritance.[11]

Education and career

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When Brennan-Jobs was living with her mother, she attended The Nueva School and Lick Wilmerding High School. Later, after she had moved in with her father, she attended Palo Alto High School.[12][13] She enrolled at Harvard University in 1996 and studied overseas for one year at King's College London.[1] While a student at Harvard, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson.[14] She graduated in 2000 and subsequently moved to Manhattan to work as a writer.[1] She has written for The Southwest Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Harvard Advocate, Spiked, Vogue, and O, The Oprah Magazine.[4][5]

Publications

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In 2018, Brennan-Jobs published Small Fry, a memoir detailing her childhood and the complex and sometimes difficult relationship she had with her father.[15][16][17][18]

In media

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Brennan-Jobs has been portrayed in several biographies of her father, including Walter Isaacson's 2011 authorized biography Steve Jobs. Mona Simpson's 1996 novel A Regular Guy is a fictionalized account based on the story of Brennan-Jobs and her parents.[1] She has been depicted in three biopic films: Brooke Radding portrayed her in the 1999 TNT TV film Pirates of Silicon Valley, while she is played as a child by Ava Acres, and as an adult by Annika Bertea, in the 2013 film Jobs. In the 2015 film Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle, Brennan-Jobs is portrayed at different ages by Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, and Makenzie Moss. Steve Jobs screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said that he discussed the screenplay with Brennan-Jobs in advance and that she is the "heroine of the film".[19]

Personal life

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Brennan-Jobs resides in Brooklyn, New York City, with her husband, Bill, and their son.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster. p. ebook.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brennan, Chrisann (October 29, 2013). The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs. St. Martin's Griffin. p. ebook.
  3. ^ Edwards, Jim (December 26, 2013). "These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful". Business Insider. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Bullock, Diane (October 6, 2011). "The Kids of Business Icons: Lisa Brennan-Jobs". Minyanville. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Bora, Kukil (October 7, 2011). "Steve Jobs' Daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the Girl Who Was Denied Paternity". International Business Times. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Cocks, Jay; Moritz, Michael (January 3, 1983). "The Updated Book of Jobs". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Machine of the Year: The Computer Moves in.". Time Magazine. January 3, 1983.
  8. ^ Brennan, Chrisann (October 29, 2013). The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs. St. Martin's Griffin. p. ebook. Fast-forward six years when Lisa was nine, after she and her father had grown to know and love each other … It was in that window of time that Steve and Lisa decided to get her birth certificate straightened out. At nine, Lisa went from Lisa Brennan to Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Steve told me that he could hardly believe that she wanted to take his name. Very plainly relieved and honest, he said, 'I am just so happy that she does' … William Fenwick of Fenwick & West was the lawyer Steve used to fact-check and change the birth certificate.
  9. ^ Thernstrom, Melanie (September 1, 2018). "The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad". The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  10. ^ Brockes, Emma (September 4, 2018). "The daughter Steve Jobs denied: 'Clearly I was not compelling enough for my father'". The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  11. ^ Elkind, Peter (August 6, 2015). "When Steve Jobs' ex-girlfriend asked him to pay $25 million for his "dishonorable behavior"". Fortune. Retrieved November 1, 2015. In his estate, Jobs left their daughter a multi-million-dollar inheritance, which Lisa has used to help support her, according to Brennan.
  12. ^ Wolverton, Troy. "The new biography from Steve Jobs' daughter offers more proof that Silicon Valley is like a small town". Business Insider. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  13. ^ McMurtrie, John (October 3, 2018). "Author Lisa Brennan-Jobs revisits her Bay Area roots". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "Lisa N. Brennan-Jobs - Writer Profile". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  15. ^ Brennan-Jobs, Lisa (2019). Small Fry. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, a Cengage Company. ISBN 9781432860318. OCLC 1050141023.
  16. ^ Price, Rob (March 16, 2018). "The daughter that Steve Jobs once disavowed is writing a memoir about her childhood". Business Insider. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  17. ^ Kopytoff, Verne (March 16, 2018). "Steve Jobs' Daughter Is Writing a Memoir About Their Complicated Relationship". Fortune. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  18. ^ "Book Marks reviews of Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs". bookmarks.reviews. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  19. ^ Miller, Ross (November 17, 2014). "Aaron Sorkin says Steve Jobs' daughter Lisa is the hero of his film". The Verge. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  20. ^ Bowles, Nellie (August 23, 2018). "In 'Small Fry,' Steve Jobs Comes Across as a Jerk. His Daughter Forgives Him. Should We?". New York Times. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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