3 Reasons Steve Jobs was an Objectivist

I’ll start out right away by openly declaring my admiration and high regards for both Ayn Rand and Steve Jobs. Both were great visionaries, that the world needed in order to progress forward.

Whenever I read Ayn Rand’s novel The Fountainhead, I can’t help thinking that the one real life person who’ve most obviously exemplified the main character traits of Howard Roark, is Steve Jobs. No question about it.

Here are the top three reasons why Steve Jobs was an Objectivist:

1. The number one trait that made Steve Jobs a prime objectivist: Steve Jobs did as he wanted to do, regardless of the opinions and beliefs of those around him. Steve Jobs was uncompromising, and only wanted to built the best. The best as in “the best – according to Steve”. It’s adamant, original out-of-the-box thinking like that, which brought us the Mac, the iPhone, the iPad, etc.
2. Steve Jobs was a big believer in proprietary ideas and inventions. According to Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs’ favourite character from Ayn Rand’s book might have been Hank Rearden, the inventor and producer of the exclusive Rearden Metal special metal alloy.
3. Steve Jobs believed in hard work as the road to success. Watch this short video (only 1:29 minutes) where Steve Jobs explains the rules for success.

So there you have it. Steve Jobs was indeed the real world exemplification of Howard Roark (or Frank Rearden according to Steve himself).

UPDATE : Check out this cool piece of art made by the artist David Datuna, which features a huge portrait of Steve Jobs made up of tiny Ayn Rand portraits. Like a mosaic. However, it’s covered by lenses! Pretty amazing, so I find it almost (!) fathomable as to how it sold for 210.000 (210-thousand!) USD! You can read an article about it here and subsequently watch a short video that shows it in detail.

Do you have any other reasons why Steve Jobs was an objectivist? Let me know below.