Steve Jobs earns $385 million in two months

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple technology group, is now almost $400 million richer than he was two months ago thanks to the rise of his company’s shares and that of Disney, of which he also owns shares. 

According to the online edition of Forbes magazine, Jobs now has $385.5 million more than he had six weeks ago, when the publication released its list of 400 richest Americans, in which the executive reached number 43 with a net worth of $5.1 billion. 

Forbes explained that Jobs controls about 5.426 million of Apple shares, a company he co-founded in the eighties, and some 138 million shares of Disney from when it was acquired by the producer group Pixar, which was also founded by him.

Apple stock has gained more than 26.3 per cent in the last six weeks and its shares have doubled in value over the last twelve months.

On Monday, when the maker of the iPhone and Mac computers published the results, the shares reached a historical high of $204. 

Meanwhile, shares of Disney gained 99 cents in the same period, adding $136 million to Jobs fortune. 

In total and including the latest movements in the stock market on Wednesday, the executive has pocketed- at least on paper, 385.5 million dollars in the past six weeks, the magazine said.