as the 29th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Her ranking rose from #39 in 2013. Powell Jobs's philanthropy has been described as of limited "transparency and accountability." In 2019, Powell Jobs was designated the "Least Transparent Mega-Giver" by Inside Philanthropy''. Personal life In October 1989, Steve Jobs gave a "View from the Top" lecture at Stanford Business School. Laurene Powell was a new MBA student and sneaked to the front of the lecture and started up a conversation with Jobs, who was seated next to her. They subsequently had dinner together that night. A year and a half later, on March 18, 1991, they married in a ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Presiding over the wedding was Kōbun Chino Otogawa, a Zen Buddhist monk. Powell Jobs resides in Palo Alto, California. She and Steve Jobs had three children together: son Reed (born September 1991) and daughters Erin (born 1995) and Eve (born 1998). Laurene is also the stepmother of Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), Steve's daughter from a previous relationship. References External links "Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective: Profile and Biography", Bloomberg Markets "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Laurene Powell Jobs", Bloomberg "Board Member Laurene Powell Jobs", Council on Foreign Relations 1963 births American billionaires American philanthropists American women business executives Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area California Democrats Female billionaires Family of Steve Jobs Goldman Sachs people Living people National Basketball Association executives National Basketball Association owners National Hockey League executives National Hockey League owners People from Palo Alto, California People from West Milford, New Jersey Stanford University alumni Stanford University trustees The Atlantic (magazine) people Washington Capitals owners Washington Mystics owners Washington Wizards owners Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni American women company founders American company founders Women's National Basketball Association executives