Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, was declared the richest woman in Silicon Valley, according to the famous publication Forbes Magazine. With a fortune estimated at 11 billion dollars, Laurene founded a company that sold natural products, but she was also one of the investors of SocialCam, and now she owes her position to the fortune left after the death of her husband. Although last year the wealth left behind by Steve Jobs was considerably smaller, it seems that in the meantime the amounts in the Jobs family's accounts have grown significantly, and for now Laurene is the richest woman in the world IT center.
Widow of legendary Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is now the wealthiest woman in Silicon Valley. A Stanford business school student when she met her husband, Powell once started a natural foods company and was an angel investor in SocialCam, a mobile video-sharing startup bought by Autodesk for $60 million in July. She also founded 2 nonprofits: College Track, designed to ensure admission to and graduation from college for underserved students, and the Emerson Collective, which works with entrepreneurs on immigration reform, social justice and conservation. She was recently appointed to Stanford's board of trustees.
