Steve Jobs' Attitude Towards Wealth

Steve Jobs had a complex attitude towards wealth, which included being both broke and a billionaire./nHe was an antimaterialistic hippie, who capitalized on the invention of a friend, who wanted to give them away for free./nAnd he was a Zen devotee who made a pilgrimage to India, and then decided that his calling was to create a business./nHowever, these attitudes seemed to weave together, rather than conflict./nHe had a great love for some material objects, especially those that were finally designed and crafted, such as Porsche and Mercedes cars./nHenkel's knives and bronze appliances, BMW motorcycles, and Anselle Adam Prince, bang and allfusen audio equipment./nYet the house he lived in, no matter how rich he became, tended not to be ostentatious and were furnished so simply that they would have put a shaker to a shame./nNeither then nor later would he travel with an entourage, keep a personal staff, or even have security protection./nHe bought a nice car, but he always drove himself./nWhen Marcula, this is one of the first venture capitalists, are the first person to put money inside of Apple./nWhen Marcula asked his jobs to join him in buying a Lear jet, he declined, though he eventually would demand of Apple a Gulfstream to use, so that was after he came back to Apple.