Biographer Walter Isaacson, author of the new book "Steve Jobs," shared the recording, among several others, during an interview Sunday night with 60 Minutes, according to The New York Times.
Although Mr. Jobs had reconnected with his biological mother and sister, he did not have any desire to find his biological father, Abdulfattah Jandali, who had abandoned the family, the Times says.
"I learned [a] little bit about him and I didn't like what I learned," Mr. Jobs said in the audio recording.
However, Mr. Jobs eventually discovered that the two had, indeed, met years earlier at a restaurant run by Mr. Jandali that was frequented by many high-profile people.
Mr. Jobs said he remembered meeting the restaurant's manager: "I shook his hand and he shook my hand and that's all."
The two never spoke again, The New York Times reports, although Mr. Jandali later recalled the Apple executive was a "great tipper." Mr. Jandali did not realize Mr. Jobs was, in fact, his son until 2006.
According to Time magazine's NewsFeed blog, Mr. Jandali, who is from Syria and now lives in Nevada, did not reach out to his son, even when Mr. Jobs resigned as chief executive in August, as his health was deteriorating.
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