Photo: Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Lisa Jobs / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lisa Brennan-Jobs interests me precisely because she refused to be defined by her father's name. Having paternity denied for years before reconciling with Steve Jobs would harden anyone, yet she channeled it into becoming a writer in her own right, Harvard-educated, working as an essayist and journalist. The braver move is building an identity from your own sentences rather than someone else's legacy. From what I gather, her memoir looks at that fraught relationship with clarity rather than grievance, which is harder and more valuable. I admire writers who insist on being read for their own observations, and she clearly does.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lisa Brennan-Jobs
- Name (Japanese)
- グリサ・ニコール＝ブレナン
- Reading
- ぐりさ・にこーる＝ぶれなん
- Born
- May 17, 1978 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / journalist / essayist / opinion journalist / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Palo Alto High School
- University
- Harvard University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://lisabrennanjobs.net
- Xhttps://x.com/LisaBrennanJobs
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Brennan-Jobs
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.