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Wozniak developed the hardware and operating systems for the Apple 1 in 1976.
Wozniak and Jobs officially launched the Apple Computer in April 1976. -
In 1977, Wozniak designed the Apple II, which went on to become one of the first majorly successful personal computers available for mass purchase.
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In February of 1981, Wozniak was injured when the private plane he was piloting crashed while taking off from the Santa Cruz Sky Park. His painstaking recovery lasted two years, as he suffered from a variety of injuries and amnesia.
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In 1982 and 1983, he helped sponsor the US Festival, a kind of cross between a computer conference and a music festival.
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Here Wozniak, Apple CEO John Sculley, and Jobs showed off the Apple II. Revealed in April 1984, the computer was Apple's first attempt at a portable model.
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Here Wozniak, Apple CEO John Sculley, and Jobs showed off the Apple II. Revealed in April 1984, the computer was Apple's first attempt at a portable model.
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Wishing to pursue a more engineering-focused role elsewhere, Wozniak decided to leave his managing responsibilities at Apple in 1985, selling most of his stock. He is still an Apple employee, though, and receives an annual stipend that's estimated to be worth at least $120,000.
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Wozniak ended Fulltime employment with Apple in 1985 to start remote control company CL9.
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In 1986, he finished his degree in electrical engineering at the University of California in Berkeley, graduating using the name Rocky Raccoon Clark to keep his identity secret. He had first attended Berkeley in 1971, but ended up taking a break to work on Apple. Don't call him a college dropout, though — he told the Los Angeles Times, "I simply took a year off to earn money for my fourth year of school. And then my career kept going up."
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Called one of "Silicon Valley's most creative engineers," in 1990 he joined Mitchell Kapor in establishing the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization that provides legal aid for computer hackers facing criminal prosecution.
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In 2002, he joined the board of directors for Danger, Inc., which made PDA devices. He's launched a number of other personal projects since Apple, including CL 9, which built the first universal remote. He also founded Wheels of Zeus, which developed a wireless GPS technology, and spent a few years teaching grade school.
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Wozniak also founded Wheels of Zeus (WoZ) in 2002, a venture started with the aim of developing wireless GPS technology.
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Steve released his book called "iWoz" his autobiography in 2006.
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Wozniak definitely knows how to have fun. In 2009, he made an appearance on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
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The rare version of the early Apple computer sold for more than $380,000 at a Christie's auction in 2013.
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The highly anticipated movie Jobs was released in 2013 and featured actor Ashton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and comedic actor Josh Gad as Wozniak.
