Steve Jobs was the world’s first Zillionaire at age 29

April 5, 2008 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, History, Humor, Photos 


I was going through my dad’s sock drawer this morning, like I do every Friday, and I came across this old Playboy from February of 1985 featuring an interview with an about-to-be-ousted-from-Apple Steve Jobs.

Apparently at the ripe age of 29 Steve was the world’s first Zillionaire - no small feat, given that those are 1985 dollars (not to mention the fact that a Zillion is technically an imaginary number).

Of course, there’s always the chance that Steve may have been inflating his net worth a bit just to get chicks, as I noticed coincidentally in the issue is also an article entitled the “Art of Being Cocksure” – step 1 of which was “tell women you have a Zillion dollars“.

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20 Comments on Steve Jobs was the world’s first Zillionaire at age 29

  1. Jonro on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 11:23 am

    2. And drink plenty of Zima.

  2. devin withani on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 12:17 pm

    3. damn funny post.

  3. Tice on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 2:17 pm

    4. No, it’s actually less than a phantastillion! ; )

  4. Dan on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 10:43 pm

    5. Thanks for the good laughs! Keep them coming.

  5. Doug Brenner on Sat, 5th Apr 2008 11:35 pm

    6. Hmm Playboy? Make that a Bra-zilian.

  6. Rob on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 12:49 am

    7. Is that a peZ in your pocket or are you just glad to see me.

  7. health on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 12:58 am

    8. No, it’s actually less than a phantastillion

  8. Keith on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 1:06 am

    9. Is that a fact or a falsely-claimed statement in the magazine? So far, the only person that I know is capable to supersede that is Bill Gates.

  9. Acronyms on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 1:22 am

    10. When I saw the picture I completely forgot about the title =)))

  10. Andrew on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 2:49 am

    11. i get it, BRA-zillion, like the bikini wax! har har

  11. ed on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 3:21 am

    12. man..I can’t believe I sold that mag on ebay and never noticed the article. now I want to read it : (

  12. Mark on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 4:33 am

    13. “Bra-zillion” lol

  13. matt on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 8:02 am

    14. anyone else notice there’s a prescient article about Yahoo in here as well?

  14. Tyler on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 9:33 am

    15. lol. Nice find. Dugg

  15. Dave Greiman on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 2:22 pm

    16. Gods can make up imaginary numbers.

  16. Alejandro Torres on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 7:31 pm

    17. Anybody knows where to find the full article?

  17. lameking on Mon, 7th Apr 2008 5:53 am

    18. With all that loot and he still can’t find a way to have the iphone take videos, awesome!

  18. whaps on Tue, 8th Apr 2008 4:28 pm

    19. does anyone know where a transcript of this interview can be found online?

  19. zaebano on Thu, 10th Apr 2008 4:36 am

    20. i think that the first zilionare at lower ages are the arabian sheiks, they have awsome bussines with oil

  20. Player Quiz on Mon, 5th May 2008 6:51 pm

    21. Lets not forget that Steve Jobs was broke in the 90s i call him a Zeronaire

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