Steve Wozniak
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer.
Steve currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing.
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer.
Steve currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing.
01. Silicon Valley icon
Helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh.
02. Hall of Fame
Was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for single-handedly designing the first personal computer.
03. Entrepreneur
In 2014, he received the prestigious Hoover Medal, an American engineering prize for “outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity.”
What to learn from Steve?
Entrerpeneurship, Innovation and Creativity
- How to make the products and services that lasts
- What ethical discussions are important to consider about technology
- Why encouraging learning and questioning should be default in all companies
