Junior Achievement recently surveyed 1,000 U.S. youngsters, ages 12 to 17, and asked them to pick an entrepreneur they most admired from a list that included Oprah Winfrey, Tony Hawk, Mark Zuckerberg, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Many on the list were celebrities who started a business enterprise. Jobs, the guy who brought them the iPhone and iPod, took top honors with 35 percent of the vote.
Nearly two-thirds of the respondents chose Jobs because he “made a difference in/improved people’s lives or made the world a better place.” One-third cited his “success in multiple fields,” likely due to his work with Pixar.
To the youngsters credit, only a few picked Jobs because of his wealth and fame.
The fact that a tech captain of industry was chosen bodes well for the future of technology. It’s a bright spot amid declining numbers of high school students interested in math and science and those graduating with degrees in tech-related fields.
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Author: tkaneshige, Senior Writer
Tom Kaneshige has been covering business and technology in Silicon Valley for two decades. As senior online writer at CIO.com, Tom covers Silicon Valley culture, BYOD and consumer tech in the enterprise.
