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The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be posthumously awarded the President Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, the White House said Friday.
On July 1, President Joe Biden announced seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a list that includes the late Apple co-founder who died in 2011. The awards will be presented at the White House on July 7.
According to the White House, Jobs is on the list because of his role in the revolution of the technology industry and adjacent areas.
“His vision, imagination and creativity have led to inventions that have changed and continue to change the way the world communicates, as well as the transformation of the computer, music, film and wireless industries,” the White House said in a press release. information session written.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is “presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant social, public, or private efforts.”
Below is a complete list of the 2022 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Sister Simone Campbell
- Juliet Garcia
- Gabrielle Giffords
- fred grys
- Steve Jobs
- Father Alexander Karloutsos
- khizr khan
- Sandra Lindsey
- John McCain
- Diane Nash
- megan rapinoe
- alan simpson
- Richard Trumka
- Wilma Vaught
- Denzel Washington
- Raul Yzaguirre
Jobs founded Apple in 1976 in a garage in California with Steve Wozniak. He was expelled from the company in 1985, but returned to a struggling Apple in 1997 and eventually led the Cupertino computer maker to a number of hit products, including the iPod, Mac and iPhone.
Jobs died of cancer in 2011. He was 56.