Apple founder Steve Jobs will receive posthumous honor with America's highest civilian honor

Presidential Medal of Freedom will be presented this Thursday (7) at the White House.

Another 16 Americans, including actor Denzel Washington and gymnast Simone Biles, will be honored for outstanding contributions.

Steve Jobs is among 17 Americans to be honored by President Joe Biden this Thursday (7) with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

The White House made the announcement last Friday (1st).

According to the statement, the honor will go to people who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values ​​or security of the United States, world peace or other significant social, public or private endeavors.