Kamala Harris is being supported by longtime friend and billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs.

Per Forbes, Jobs has a fortune of $15.3 billion, with the vast majority stemming from the Walt Disney and Apple shares she inherited from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away in 2011 after battling pancreatic cancer.

Jobs is passionate about education, immigration, health, and environmental justice. She established Emerson Collective in 2004 to support entrepreneurs disrupting these sectors. Later in 2021, the Waverley Street Foundation was launched with a $3 billion pledge focused on climate change.

Her pursuits also extend to becoming a co-owner of The Atlantic in 2017, and she holds stake in sports teams including the Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Capitals (NHL), and Washington Mystics (WNBA) through Monumental Sports.

Jobs, who is reportedly “Silicon Valley’s wealthiest woman,” has additionally invested in the candidacy of Kamala Harris, who is seeking to become the next president of the United States, according to The New York Times. Jobs’ loyalty to Harris dates back to the early 2000s. She supported Harris in her run for San Francisco, CA’s district attorney, donating $500. From there, they have been spotted together at various events in Silicon Valley and with family.

“Laurene has a gift for friendship, especially old friends — she is tribally loyal,” said David Bradley, responsible for the sale of The Atlantic magazine to Emerson Collective. “Kamala Harris falls within that ring of friends.”

Jobs was also present when Harris was sworn in as attorney general. In 2010, Harris made history as the first female, Black, and South Asian elected to hold the position in California.

“I’ve watched them appreciate each other in a room full of a lot of people — Laurene looking so proudly at Kamala when she was speaking, and just seeing this great sense of appreciation and pride,” Susie Tompkins Buell, a philanthropist who is peers with Harris and Jobs, explained to The New York Times. Buell had been communicating lately with Jobs on ways to contribute to Harris’ campaign. “I know she’s just besides herself with joy.”

Jobs’ support for Harris remains clear. She has visited the Biden-Harris White House nine times and was a personal guest when Harris accepted the party’s nomination for president.

The New York Times reports that Jobs donated millions to the super PAC Future Forward, which supports the Democratic Party. She has also leveraged her network to encourage women in technology to endorse Harris, and her team has shared a list of 17 organizations backing Harris that megadonors can contribute to. Additionally, she has co-hosted various fundraisers with the help of Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and former Facebook executive Sean Parker, among others.

There is speculation that Jobs could play a role in a potential Harris administration.

“Laurene is one of a small number of philanthropists who has both made significant investments in educational innovation and is also actively engaged in Democratic politics,” Marc Porter Magee, an education-reform advocate mentioned to the outlet. “If Harris wins, she and her staff could emerge as important players in an administration that has yet to define its K-12 agenda.”