Newly released files by the FBI have painted the late Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and business icon, as a complex man that could be described as a “deceptive individual”.
The files were obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, and were compiled for a back ground check when Jobs was being considered for a position within George Bush Snr’s administration in the early 90s.
Some of the notable conclusions the report made, were Jobs was one of “high moral character and integrity” but someone who would “twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals.”
The revelations into Jobs’ character were drawn from interviews the FBI had with 29 people who knew the enigmatic CEO of Apple. The interviews and background checks were made in the early 90’s during a difficult time during his life. He had been exiled from the very company he had helped create, and he would of, quite understandably, have been pretty bitter about what had happened to him.
Its evident the newly released files paint a picture of a man who was very complicated. One so-called “good friend” said: “basically an honest and trustworthy person, he is a very complex individual and his moral character is suspect.” He said that Jobs “alienated a large number of people at Apple as a result of his ambition”.
The rest of the documents go onto document his religious views, with one FBI sources claiming Jobs “had undergone a change in philosophy by participating in eastern and/or Indian mysticism and religion. This change apparently influenced the appointee’s personal life for the better.”
The FBI can make such records public after a person’s death. Jobs died in October after a long battle with a rare form of cancer.
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