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>.