Laurene Powell

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Laurene Powell Jobs
Born	Laurene Powell
Occupation	Co-Founder of Terravera and serves on the board of directors of Achieva
Spouse(s)	Steve Jobs
Children	3, and a stepdaughter, Lisa

Laurene Powell (born 1964) is co-founder and President of the Board of College Track and wife of Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. They married on 18 March 1991.

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Powell holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania^{[citation needed]} and an MBA from Stanford. She and Steve Jobs married in 1991 after she became pregnant with their first child Reed. Presiding over the wedding was Kobun Chino Otogowa, a Zen Buddhist monk. They live in Palo Alto with their four children ^[1](one being a stepdaughter).

Powell co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company selling to retailers daily throughout Northern California. Additionally she served on the Board of Directors of Achieva, an award-winning educational company that specialized in online tools to help students improve study skills and standardized test performance. Prior to business school, Powell worked for Merrill Lynch Asset Management and spent three years at Goldman Sachs as a fixed income trading strategist.

Powell turned her attention to non-profit entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on education, women’s human rights, and the arts. Currently, her board affiliations include: Board of Directors: Global Fund for Women; KQED (PBS); EdVoice; New America Foundation; Stanford Schools Corporation; New Schools Venture Fund; and Advisory Board, Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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