The Woz

Steve Wozinak is born

Aug 12, 1950

Steve Wozinak is born in San Jose, California.

College

Oct 9, 1971

Steve Wozinak flunks out of University of Colorado. He also meets Steve Jobs while attending University of California, The two become friends due to their passion of electronics and mutual hate of school.

Apple I

Apr 11, 1976

Wozinak designed and hand-built the desktop computer. It was released April, 11 1976.

Apple II

Jun 9, 1977

Wozinak primarily designed the Apple II while Jobs oversaw it.

Apple I Discontinued

Sep 30, 1977

Wozinak was the only one that could answer questions about the Apple I so they offered owners to trade in for the Apple II

Apple Goes Public

Dec 12, 1980

Apple Inc. gained much success after the Apple II and the company went public with its stock value standing at $117 million dollars.

Plane Crash

Jan 1, 1981

Wozinak got into an airplane crash that he was piloting. When he resumed to Apple its stock value reached $985 million.

Wheels of Zeus

Jan 1, 2002

Wozinak created WOZ or Wheels of Zeus to create wireless GPS.

2011

Jan 1, 2011

After Jobs passed away Steve Wozinak became the main CEO of Apple Inc.