The Characteristics Of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, an American technology inventor and entrepreneur, was best known for being the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of famous technology company, Apple Inc. Jobs was best remembered for being a very successful individual in the technology field, creating wildly successful products such as the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod. However, there is also a lesser known side to him. Steve Jobs was a very selfish, cowardly, and callous person.

Steve Jobs was a very selfish person because he had a form of pancreatic cancer that was highly curable, but unsuccessfully sought unproven alternative treatments and waited until the treatments were no longer viable. Jobs then exploited the liver transplant system and took a liver from someone else that

He waited until 2004, 9 months after diagnosis, to have surgery to remove a tumor that had developed in his pancreas. By that time, the cancer had already spread to different parts of his body. Finally, in 2009, Jobs opted to have a liver transplant surgery, something that was now necessary since he did not opt for surgery when he was initially diagnosed. Alice Walton, a writer for Forbes, states that “Jobs refused surgery after diagnosis for nine months after, favoring instead dietary treatments and other alternative methods.” (Walton) Steve Jobs was a very selfish individual because he refused to listen to his close family and friends regarding the surgery, which had a high success rate and instead chose alternative treatments that were completely unsuccessful and unproven. By the time he changed his opinion regarding surgery, it had been nine months since he was initially diagnosed with cancer, and the cancer had already spread to numerous parts of his body. In 2009, Jobs signed up on the liver transplant lists in both California and Tennessee. After Jobs signed up for the liver transplant lists, he made it to the top of the list in Tennessee and took a liver from

Steve Jobs had a daughter, Lisa Brennan, out of wedlock with his high school girlfriend. He denied paternity right from the start, even after a DNA test proved that he was the father. When the DNA test established the fact that Jobs was the father of Lisa, he fabricated absurd statements, and said that since the paternity test was only 94% positive that Jobs was the father, 28% of the male population could also be Lisa’s father. After a lengthy legal battle, paternity was legally established, and Jobs only made minimal child support payments of $385 a month to the mother of his child, eventually upping the amount to $500 a month after Jobs became a millionaire. According to the movie Steve Jobs, “Jobs publicly denied being Lisa 's dad, and a legal case followed. Even after a DNA paternity test established Jobs as Lisa 's father, he made up a ridiculous argument...” (Edwards) Steve Jobs was a coward because he denied paternity of his daughter that he knew was his, and made extremely hurtful remarks towards her. Even after his paternity was established, he only made minimal child support payments towards the mother of his daughter and did not want anything to do with her. He also made absurd statements in public, and refused to acknowledge the fact that he was the father of Lisa, only reluctantly owning up to it after a prolonged court