Steve Wozniak
American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.
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Steve Wozniak is an American computer pioneer and engineer who co-founded Apple Inc., one of the world's most influential technology companies. His work in the early days of computing helped shape the personal computer industry and made him a key figure in the technological revolution that transformed modern life.
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- 1950-08-11
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- Leaders in Computing
- Apple
- Rewiring Education
- Beyond the Little Blue Box
- Ghost in the Wires
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Acting · San Jose, California, USA
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer,…
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- Joybubbles2026
- This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)2021
- CoFounder — Self2020
- Bay Area Revelations The Evolution of Video Games in the Bay Area2020
- Celebrity Watch Party — Self2020
- Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari — Self2017
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Stephen Gary Wozniak (/ˈwɒzniæk/; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with his early business partner Steve Jobs. Through his work at Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.
In 1975, Wozniak started developing the Apple I into the computer that launched Apple when he and Jobs first began marketing it the following year. He was the primary designer of the Apple II, introduced in 1977, known as one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers, while Jobs oversaw the development of its foam-molded plastic case and early Apple employee Rod Holt developed its switching power supply.
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