Wozniak in 2005.
Stephen Gary "The Woz" Wozniak (born August 11, 1950) is one of the original co-founders of Apple Computer, with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976. He is officially designated employee #1 and served as VP of Engineering.[1][2]
History
Wozniak and Andy Hertzfeld meet an Apple users group in New Zealand in 1985.
Wozniak and Jobs had previously worked together at Atari on the design of the video game Breakout,[3][4] which led him to begin work on a system that would become the Apple I.[5]
Wozniak designed the logic board and hand coded the original BASIC interpreter for the Apple I and Apple II computers.[5][6] When Wozniak discovered that some of Apple's early garage employees did not receive any stock options in the company, he gave them US$10 million worth of his personal shares.[7]
Media portrayals
Wozniak was portrayed by Joey Slotnick, Josh Gad, and Seth Rogen in dramatizations of his relationship with Jobs in the films Pirates of Silicon Valley, jOBS, and Steve Jobs, respectively.
Interviews
References
- ↑ The First 10 Apple Employees: Where Are They Now? by Jay Yarow, Business Insider. 2011-05-24.
- ↑ Who were the original Members of the Apple Board of Directors? by Garrick Saito, Elevation Partners, Quora. 2016-03-24.
- ↑ Breakout - Jobs and Woz Bust Through by William Hunter, The Dot Eaters. 2013-03.
- ↑ The Making of Breakout, Retro Gamer. 2014-05-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 How Steve Wozniak Wrote BASIC for the Original Apple From Scratch by Steve Wozniak, Gizmodo. 2014-05-01.
- ↑ Why didn't the early Apple II's use Fans? by Steve Wozniak, Woz.org. Archived 2012-11-04.
- ↑ When Steve Jobs Refused To Give Early Apple Employees Stock, Steve Wozniak Offered Them $10 Million Of His, by Alyson Shontell, Business Insider. 2014-09-05
External links
- Woz.org official website
- Stephen Wozniak at All about Steve Jobs
- Steve Wozniak at Folklore
- Steve Wozniak at Wikipedia
