Basically an honest and trustworthy person,(but) he is a very complex individual and his moral character is suspect. “This is how a person who was once a good friend of Steve Jobs described him in 1991. There was a time when not much was known about the iconic co-founder of Apple. But after hos death, more and more details about Steve Jobs, the person and CEO, have emerged. First there was his official biography, showing him an excellent entrepreneur and visionary but at the same time having a penchant for bullying and on some occasions, being mean.
Now FBI has released an extensive report on Jobs, full of rich details about his life as an individual and as an entrepreneur, and confirming the image that his official biography built. In 1991, the office of US president George W Bush Sr was considering Jobs for a position with the US president’s Export Council and FBI was told to carry out extensive background check on him.
In response FBI spoke to a number of people who had known Steve Jobs to find out “if appointee has expressed or manifested any bias or prejudice against any individual or group based upon sex, race, color, religion, national origin, handicap or age.” Most people whom FBI contacted gave thumbs up to Jobs, telling sleuths that he had all the necessary abilities for a high-profile position with the government. For example one person – FBI had redacted all names from the released report – who had known Jobs for several years said that Jobs was “an individual of good character and integrity and (he) knew nothing which would reflect upon him in a negative way”. Most also said that he was very hard working.