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I doubt Steve Jobs would have submitted to the burdens of getting and retaining top secret clearance.

Apparently he did in 1988. Things at NeXT must have been desperate: https://www.wired.com/2012/06/steve-jobs-security-clearance/

Edit: It actually says he got the clearance because Pixar was doing some government work at the time.

For only about two years in the late 80’s.