While the names Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are familiar with the general public, almost no one has heard the name Joanna Hoffman. Hoffman was one of the people who shaped Apple into the company that it is today. In the upcoming "Steve Jobs" film, Hoffman is Jobs' right-hand woman and one of the only people who stood up to the Apple genius in the early days of the company. She was one of the few people who were not affected by Jobs' ability to get people to believe what he wanted them to, otherwise known as what he called his, "reality distortion field."
People knew very little about Hoffman before the release of the film "Steve Jobs." Here are five things to know about Hoffman, one of the original members of the development teams for Macintosh and NeXT.
1. She studied physics and anthropology before she worked at Apple
Hoffman is married to Alain Rossmann, who was also a former member of the Mac team and is a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur, according to Folklore.org, a collection of anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh and the people who made it.
Rossmann currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Secret Seal. He also founded Klip, Inc., and serves as its Chief Executive Officer, Bloomberg Business reported. For 15 years, he was the founder or co-founder of four other high technology startup companies, three of which went public and one was acquired by AT&T.
The couple has two children together and currently lives in Silicon Valley.
"Steve Jobs" opened in limited release on Oct. 9 and will open everywhere on Oct. 23.
