Despite his recent medical leave, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to join other titans of technology at a business leaders event with President Barack Obama in San Francisco on Thursday night.
AppleInsider is reporting that President Barack Obama is heading to San Francisco on Thursday, where we will reportedly join outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, who was recently named chairman of the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
“The president and the business leaders will discuss our shared goal of promoting American innovation, and discuss his commitment to new investments in research and development, education and clean energy,” a White House official said, following up on an ABC News story about the meeting.
This isn’t the first meeting for President Obama and Steve Jobs -- the pair met back in October to “discuss the U.S. technology industry and the economy,” and in December, Obama hailed Jobs as an “impressive example of the American dream.”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on a medical leave in January, although he continues to hold his job title and is said to be “involved in major strategic decisions” working from his home.
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