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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

‘Research here is world class’: son of Steve Jobs looks to invest in UK cancer care

Reed Jobs speaks on stage at the LifeArc Translational Science Summit before an audience
Reed Jobs speaking at the LifeArc Translational Science Summit. Photograph: Tamas Makara/Tamas Makara/Ideal Insight

“I saw my dad have cancer when I was a kid, and unfortunately that happens far too often. And that really motivated me to try to transform outcomes for other people out there.”

Reed Jobs is talking about the death of his father, the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, to a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2011 at the age of 56, the experience that underlines his mission to make cancer a non-lethal, treatable disease.

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