Powell Jobs, her children, and Jobs' sister told The Times that Brennan-Jobs' book "differs dramatically" from their memories of the Apple founder. Some details in the book paint a damning picture, including anecdotes about Jobs refusing to install heat in Brennan-Jobs' bedroom, forgetting her birthday, and saying she smelled "like a toilet." "I feel like the Gates Foundation is really doing good stuff, and I think I would just hot potato it away."īrennan-Jobs intended her memoir to be a nuanced depiction of her family, though she fears readers will focus too much on the moments Jobs was vicious to her, according to The Times. "Would it be too perverse?" she told The Times. But Brennan-Jobs said she was impressed with the Gates Foundation, which has spent billions to fund work in education, emergency relief, and global health, among other issues. The statement may seem surprising in light of Apple's longstanding rivalry with Bill Gates' Microsoft.
If she were in charge, Brennan-Jobs would donate Steve Jobs' money to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she told The New York Times while discussing her upcoming memoir, "Small Fry." Though Lisa Brennan-Jobs received millions of dollars in inheritance money after her father died, she does not have control over the allocation of the Apple founder's $20 billion in assets - that would be her stepmother, Laurene Powell Jobs. In an interview with The New York Times, Brennan-Jobs said she would donate Jobs' billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation if she could. Lisa Brennan-Jobs' upcoming memoir, "Small Fry," describes her relationship with her father, Apple founder Steve Jobs.īrennan-Jobs received an inheritance after her father's death, but his $20 billion fortune is controlled by Laurene Powell Jobs.
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