The Life of Stephen Wozniak

By Jorge Messianu

What I’m going to Talk About

• Wozniak’s Biography

• Wozniak’s Childhood

• Wozniak’s first creation

• Founders of Apple

• The Revolutionary Idea

• Wozniak’s Timeline

Biography

• Born in 1950 in Sunnyvale California

• Loved electronics as a kid

• Nicknamed as The “Woz”

• Real name is Stephen Gary Wozniak

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Childhood

• 5th grade, built large computer

• 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe

• He got his HAM radio license

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First Successful Thing Created

• First creation was a calculator

• Calculator helped Wozniak to continue inventing

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Apple 1

• Wozniak built the Apple 1

• Got idea from a TV• Got idea also from a

typewriter

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What was the intention of Wozniak building this

Computer?• Easy to use• Useful for solving

problems• Good for playing

games

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Jobs, Wozniak and Markkula

• Made there company• Named company

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Steve Jobs

• Was ready to use computers

• Had the idea of selling preassembled

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Stephen Wozniak

• Made it all fit together

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Mike Markkula

• Provided capital, credibility and business sense

• Never actually worked for company

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The Revolutionary Idea

• People believed Jobs/Wozniak were going only for money

• Jobs and Wozniak succeeded their dreams

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Wozniak’s Timeline

1950

1960

1970

2006

Born in Sunnyvale, California

Loved Electronics as a kid

In 5th grade, built a large computer.

In 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe

Wozniak’s first creation was a calculator.

Built the Apple 1.

People believed that Jobs and Wozniak were going only for money.

Sources

• Spaulding, Autumn. “From the Garage to the Gigabyte.” Stephen Wozniak. Smithsonian Institute Press. http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html.

• Wolfson, Jill, and John Leyba. “An interview with Steve Wozniak.” Tech Museum. http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/wozniak/

• "Wozniak, Steve." World Book Online Reference Center. 2006. [Place of access. Date of access.] <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar749259>.