Stephen "Woz" Wozniak

  • Steve Wozniak was born

    Steve Wozniak was born
    Wozniak was born in San Jose, California.
  • Studied at a University

    Studied at a University
    He attended the University of Colorado and later flunked out. He then went back to school at the University of California.
  • Founded Apple Computers with Steve Job

    Founded Apple Computers with Steve Job
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created a bond between themselves and later founded Apple Computers in 1976.
  • Wozniak built Apple II

    Wozniak built Apple II
    Wozniak invented the Apple II Computer in 1977 and quit his day job.
  • The creation of floppy disk

    The creation of floppy disk
    Wozniak created a floppy disk system for the Apple II to replace the cassette tape used by personal computers and wrote the program for the software.
  • Apple went public with its stock

    Apple went public with its stock
    In 1980, Apple went public with its stock value standing at US $ 117 million.
  • He leaves Apple

    He leaves Apple
    He left Apple temporarily in 1981 to complete his education and returned a few years later.
  • Life threatening accident

    Life threatening accident
    In February of 1981, he narrowly escaped death as he met with an unfortunate accident as he was piloting a plane on a runway which crashed. It took him two years to fully recover from the incident.
  • His Apple stock

    His Apple stock
    Wozniak went on to conceive the Apple II as part of the company's personal-computer series, and by 1983, Apple had a stock value of $985 million.
  • He resigns from Apple

    He resigns from Apple
    He resigned from Apple in 1985 to begin another company
  • Mitchell Kapor

    Mitchell Kapor
    In 1990 he joined Mitchell Kapor in establishing the Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Apple Executive Committee

    Apple Executive Committee
    In 1997, he served as a member of Apple's executive committee and advisor to the chairman.
  • Wheels of Zeus

    Wheels of Zeus
    Wozniak also founded Wheels of Zeus (WoZ) in 2002, a venture started with the aim of developing wireless GPS technology.
  • iWoz

    iWoz
    Wozniak published his autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.
  • Fusion-io

    Fusion-io
    In 2008, he joined the Salt Lake City-based start-up Fusion-io as its chief scientist.