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Chrisann Brennan Net Worth, Wiki, Age, Husband, Height, Career, Ethnicity

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Sarah Duran

Updated on February 05, 2026

The 68-year-old American, Chrisann Brennan is a painter and author known for writing the autobiography The Bite in The Apple, which is related to her love life with Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. During their relationship, they had a child Lisa Brennan-Jobs. 

Chrisann Brennan’s Net Worth

At present, Chrisann has an estimated net worth of $250 million which she earns from her career as a topnotch painter. 

Chrisann Brennan Biography

The Bite In The Apple author, Chrisann Brennan was born on September 29, 1954, in Dayton, Ohio in the United States to her parents Virginia Lavern Rickey and James Richard Brennan being one of their four children. Growing up, the elite painter lived in different places in the states with her family including Colorado Springs Nebraska, and New York. Eventually, they settled in Sunnyvale, California. Unfortunately, Chrisann became a victim of a broken home, as her parents divorced. She had her high school education at Homestead High School where she met her lover, Steve Jobs in 1972. She started her college education at Foothill college where she studied Arts. Wanting to finish her formal education, Brennan transferred to the California College of Arts and Crafts. She eventually ended up at San Francisco Art Institute. 

With her career, the 68-year-old American is a professional painter with some of her handiwork being murals in Ronald McDonald House, Los Angeles County Hospital, Packard Children’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Apart from that, she’s an author of The Bite in the Apple and Jobs at 17: Nerd, Poet, Romantic. 

Chrisann and Steve had a thing for each other from that time till their 20s and welcomed their child Lisa Brennan-Jobs on May 17, 1978, at a time when Chrisann was 23 years old.

Chrisann Brennan Husband

The American painter never got married. Apart from her relationship with her high school lover Steve Jobs from 1972 to 1977, she has remained single throughout her lifetime. 

Did Chrisann Brennan get any money from Steve Jobs?

Yes. At the time Chrisann had Jobs’ child, he was required to give his lover at that time $385 for child support after a paternity test proved that he is the father of Lisa. Jobs gave Brennan $500 every month when Apple became popular and he became a millionaire. 

Did Steve Jobs marry Chrisann Brennan?

No. Steve ended up getting married to his lover Lauren Powell in 1991 after being in a relationship with Chrisann Brennan from 1972 to 1977. Steve had a close bond with his wife Lauren from the time of their union producing three children together till he passed on in 2011 with pancreatic cancer. He had four children, his first child, and daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs was from his longtime high school lover Chrisann Brennan, and his three other children, Eve Jobs, Reed Jobs, and Erin Siena Jobs, he had with his beloved wife Lauren Powell Jobs. 

Chrisann Brennan Social Media

The ex-lover of the Apple cofounder is on the social media platform Twitter and uses the account name, Chrisann Brennan.