When Steve Jobs announced his resignation the world more than mourned: people poured their hearts out, weeping because the greatest visionary of our generation will no longer envision cool, affordable gadgets. While Jobs created life-changing devices, as one of America’s wealthiest (and most visible) CEOs he had one very big shortcoming: He doesn’t do charity. At least not publicly, which is really a shame, given his affluence and position.
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Jobs has money, but as DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin points out, he doesn’t give it to the needy, and he’s certainly had plenty of opportunities.
Despite accumulating an estimated $8.3 billion fortune through his holdings in Apple and a 7.4 percent stake in Disney (through the sale of Pixar), there is no public record of Mr. Jobs giving money to charity. He is not a member of the Giving Pledge,
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