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Steve Wozniak

Co-founder of Apple and designer of its first computers; an Apple director from 1977 to 1978.

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Dates
1950 –
Also known as
Stephen G. Wozniak, Woz
Steve Wozniak holds

Connections 2

founded

  • Apple 1 Apr 1976 co-founder Primary record 23

owns a stake in

  • Apple 1 Apr 1976 45%, as of 1 Apr 1976 Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 3 dates
  1. 1950 – Steve Wozniak
  2. 1 Apr 1976 Steve Wozniak founded Apple
  3. 1 Apr 1976 Steve Wozniak owns a stake in Apple
Proof 3 sources
  1. Apple computer contract and dissolution of contract signed by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne (3 documents), Fine Books and Manuscripts sale N08811, lot 241, Sotheby's, Dec 2011. Scholarship & press
    Wayne spells out the shares—"JOBS is herewith assigned a total of fourty-five percent (45%) of all rights, title, and interest in and to the COMPANY, and all assets there contained"—as was Wozniak.
  2. Apple Timeline, Computer History Museum, 2 Feb 2026. Scholarship & press
    Apple Computer Company is founded as a partnership between Jobs, Woz, and Ron Wayne. Wayne pulls out eleven days later.
  3. Apple Computer, Inc. preliminary prospectus for its stock option plans and employee stock purchase plan, dated 31 December 1980 (released by the SEC under FOIA request 18-02062), Apple, 31 Dec 1980. Primary record
    Mr. Wozniak, a co-founder of the Company, has served as Vice President since March 1977, was Secretary of the Company from March 1977 to September 1980 and was a director of the Company from March 1977 to January 1978.
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