Steve Jobs to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom an award given by the President of the United States to individuals who have made a significant contribution to public or private activity. Jobs will receive the award for his work at Apple and Pixar, where he revolutionized industries such as entertainment, computing and communications.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is highest civilian recognition in the United States. President Joe Biden will present the award to 17 people in a ceremony on July 7. Steve Jobs and Senator John McCain will be honored with a posthumous medal.
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Steve Jobs (died 2011) was co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Apple, Inc., CEO of Pixar, and held an executive position at The Walt Disney Company. His vision, imagination and creativity have led to inventions that have changed and continue to change the way the world communicates, as well as transforming the computer, music, film and wireless industries.
The co-founder of Apple finds other personalities in the list, such as Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and soccer player Megan Rapino. As for the actor, the White House celebrates his career and contribution to the film industry.
Steve Jobs and his relationship with US presidents
The recognition of Steve Jobs by the US government is very important. His contributions to various industries have been detailed in various articles over more than two decades. Perhaps the most curious and little known is that Jobs had special relationships with some former presidents..
in biography Steve Jobsauthor Walter Isaacson details his first meeting with Barack Obama. The then President of the United States was delighted to see him and arranged a date with the help of Lauren Powell. At the 45-minute meeting, Steve Jobs didn’t hold back, telling him that the government should be more business-friendly. Before you say goodbye, Apple CEO warned the President that he would only last one term.
Although the meeting with Obama was bittersweet, Steve Jobs wasn’t always a stranger in the White House. Gizmodo reported on the close relationship that existed between Jobs and Bill Clinton, to whom he provided appointment recommendations or advice during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The Apple co-founder and his wife attended important dinner parties, and during his tenure as CEO of Pixar, Jobs predicted Beetle life at Camp David for the Clinton family.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom will add to the list of awards, which includes National Medal of Technology, presented by Ronald Reagan to Jobs and Steve Wozniak. in 1985, he received the Edison Achievement Award for his commitment to innovation throughout his career, as well as the title of Disney Legend for his contribution to the development of the company.
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