He’ll always be “Sir Steve” to us! According to a report made public only this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was up for honorary knighthood by the British government a couple of years ago, only to be roundly rejected by none other than the Prime Minister himself.
Engadget is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs may never be known as “Sir Steven Paul Jobs,” despite his old pal, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, getting blessed with knighthood back in 2005. So what happened? It appears that Jobs may have curtailed his chances by snubbing a speaking engagement there.
“According to an anonymous senior Labour MP who left Parliament in the last election, Jobs had reached the final stages of approval for ‘services to technology’ only to be rejected in 2009 by the then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown,” Engadget reports. “According to The Telegraph, Jobs had the audacity to turn down an offer to speak at Labour's annual conference.”
Quite a shame, considering that Queen Elizabeth II herself is reportedly an “avid iPod user.” Perhaps Apple should consider sweetening Jobs’ chances with some free swag...?
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jontack
March 02, 2011 at 7:07am
Gordon Brown always was an idiot. He wouldn't recognise talent if it hit him in the face - just look at the buffoons he surrounded himself with.
