Chrisann Brennan

Chrisann P. Brennan (born September 29, 1954) is an artist and author who had been an early employee of Apple Computer. She is the mother of Steve Jobs' first daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

Education
Brennan attended Homestead High School in Cupertino, where she met fellow student Steve Jobs during her junior year in 1972. In 1991, she received a B.F.A. from the.

Apple Computer
Chrisann joined Apple Computer in November 1977 as employee #23. She worked in the shipping department and also assembled Apple II computers with co-workers Mark Johnson and Robert Martinengo. She took leave from Apple to give birth to Lisa Nicole Brennan (later Brennan-Jobs) on May 17, 1978.

After Apple
In 1997, Brennan established Chrysanthemum Studio to focus on her painting and writing work. In October 2013, her memoirs about her relationship with Jobs was published by under the title The Bite in the Apple.

Media portrayals
Brennan was portrayed by, , and in the film dramatizations Pirates of Silicon Valley, Jobs, and Steve Jobs, respectively.