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Steve Wozniak

American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc. · United States · Scientists · Born 1950 · age 76 · also Serbia · also Poland

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He built the machines that made personal computing possible. While Steve Jobs shaped Apple's image, Wozniak engineered the Apple I and Apple II - the circuits and code that turned a hobbyist dream into something you could actually buy and use at home.

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A life in dates

2021IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics AwardAward2013Hoover MedalAward2006“I never lie, even to this day. Not even a little. Unless you count playing pranks on people, which I don't. That's comedy. Entertainment doesn't count.”In their wordsp. 12

2004“Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.”In their words10 July 2004The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)

“I also like to ride Segways. How much fun that is! Anybody think that's fun? I hope so...”In their words10 July 2004The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)

“A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.”In their words10 July 2004The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004)

2001Heinz AwardAward2000National Inventors Hall of FameAward1998“Steve Jobs doesn't use a Mac, and won't, because it's too crappy in his opinion.”In their wordsMay 1998Commenting on Steve Jobs's stewardship after his return to Apple, before the release of Mac OS X, MacTech Vol. 14 No. 5 (May 1998)

1997Computer History Museum FellowAward1985National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1979Grace Murray Hopper AwardAward1950Born11 August 1950

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Wozniak's 1968 Homestead High School yearbook photoWozniak's 1968 Homestead High School yearbook photoSteve Wozniak's blue box at the Computer History MuseumSteve Wozniak's blue box at the Computer History MuseumAn original 1976 Apple I computer in a briefcase, from the Sydney Powerhouse Museum collectionAn original 1976 Apple I computer in a briefcase, from the Sydney Powerhouse Museum collectionAn Apple II computer with an external modemAn Apple II computer with an external modemAn original Macintosh with peripheralsAn original Macintosh with peripherals

In their own words 10

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Steve Wozniak
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10 statements, newest first

  1. I never lie, even to this day. Not even a little. Unless you count playing pranks on people, which I don't. That's comedy. Entertainment doesn't count.

    2006, p. 12, Own words

  2. Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

    Jul 10, 2004, The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004), Own words

  3. I also like to ride Segways. How much fun that is! Anybody think that's fun? I hope so...

    Jul 10, 2004, The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, Saturday keynote speech (10 July 2004), Own words

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Awards

IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award2021
Hoover Medal2013
Heinz Award2001
National Inventors Hall of Fame2000
Computer History Museum Fellow1997
National Medal of Technology and Innovation1985
Grace Murray Hopper Award1979
Isaac Asimov Science Award

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About this person

Born August 11, 1950, Stephen Gary Wozniak came up as an electrical engineer and programmer before co-founding Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976. He developed the Apple I in 1975 and designed the Apple II, introduced in 1977 - one of the first mass-produced microcomputers that actually worked for ordinary people. He helped shape early Macintosh concepts from 1979 to 1981 alongside Jef Raskin, until a plane accident pulled him away and Jobs took over the project. After leaving Apple permanently in 1985, he founded CL 9 and released the first programmable universal remote in 1987, then spent decades funding tech education - including a 1990 push to get computers into Soviet schools. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2000, he's stayed on Apple's payroll in ceremonial form while backing ventures in GPS, flash memory, satellites, and education.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76

In common with Steve

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