Laurene Powell Jobs is one of the world’s richest people, and for the last few years she has been a quiet but influential force in U.S. policy. Now she is raising her profile: In 2017, her investment and philanthropy vehicle Emerson Collective made splashy purchases in media — a majority stake in the Atlantic magazine — and sports — a minority stake in the group that owns the Washington Wizards and Capitals.
Laurene Powell Jobs is using her fortune to make a difference in policy, philanthropy and media
Powell Jobs is No. 24 on the Recode 100.
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Peter Kafka covered media and technology, and their intersection, at Vox. Many of his stories can be found in his Kafka on Media newsletter, and he also hosts the Recode Media podcast.
Jobs also became one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent opponents of the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies, including speaking out at public events, lobbying politicians on both sides of the aisles and funding multi-platform media campaigns, this year aimed at the at-risk Dreamers.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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