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Early childhood
Stephen Wozniak was born on August 11, 1950, in San Jose, California. From a very young age, Wozniak was fascinated in technology and electronics due to his father being an engineer at Lockheed Martin. -
College Education
Stephen Wozniak attended the University of California, Berkeley, for his freshman year and then decided to drop out, due to his hatred for school and passion for electronics. -
Hewlett-Packard Computer Firm
Around the time Wozniak dropped out of UC Berkeley, he was offered a job by Hewlett-Packard (HP), which was an extremely high-tech enterprise, and was devoted to high performance computers. This was a big accomplishment for him, and at this company, was where he and Steve Jobs began working together and developed a great friendship. -
Homebrew Computer Club
Wozniak attended the first Homebrew meeting in 1975, which he felt right at home, amongst many other intelligent minds fixated on creating computers. -
Integer BASIC
Wozniak developed the Integer BASIC. This board was his "first" computer, which when attached to a power supply, keyboard, video monitor and cassette tape player, had a video display, mass storage, and input/output. -
Development of Apple I
Steve Jobs had shown interest in Wozniak's Integer BASIC, which then lead to Woz working on the expansion of the board, this lead to the development of Apple I, in which he and jobs attempted to sell. The two were successful with Apple I, but it needed some work, -
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Married Alice Robertson
Wozniak and Alice Robertson tied the knot in 1976, yet, it didn't work out between the two and in 1980, they divorced. -
Apple II (video)
While developing this, Wozniak was the brains behind configuring the computer, and Jobs had taken on the role of being the marketer. The Apple II computer could display colorful computer graphics, and had a BASIC-programming language. The Apple II became a huge success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lEmzAY5xIo -
Apple going public
In 1980, Apple went public. It's stock market value stood at $117 million. -
Going back to University
In 1981, Wozniak went back to the University of California, Berkeley, and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. -
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Married Candice Clark
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National Medal of Technology
Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology, which is the highest honor to receive for America's leading innovators, he was awarded this by the President of the United States -
Retirement from Apple
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Married Suzanne Mulkern
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Inventors Hall of Fame
In 2000, Wozniak was initiated into the Inventors Hall of Fame -
Married Janet Hill
Wozniak is currently married to Janet Hill. -
Today (video)
Today, Stephen Wozniak is involved in providing students and teachers with technology. He has founded many different organizations, and currently has a tech-based higher education program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcIS_D71c08
