Apple CEO Steve Jobs was nominated in 2009 for an English title. Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not allow it
Apple CEO Steve Jobs was nominated for an English honorary knighthood two years ago, but was blocked by the then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, according to a British newspaper Telegraph. Member of the Labour Party said that in 2009 he proposed the Jobs as a candidate for degree for his services to the world of technology, but the prime minister objected because Jobs had refused the invitation to give a speech at the time of the party conference. Brown see this refusal to act snobbish, and a number of years found a way to get even in the bass. This discovery will probably not particularly exciting, Jobs, currently struggling with cancer and rumor holds that the terminal condition. Anyway, even if he gets the title, it's not such a entitling the recipient as "Sir", because Jobs is not a subject the British Empire. Maximum variable for which he was able to add the title KBE (Knight of the acronym Commander of the Order of the British Empire) correspondence that he takes. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, by the way, Gibli the honor of knighthood in 2005. Even U2 frontman Bono received this degree.
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