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Stephen Gary Wozniak

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Woz during Apple

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   Steven Jobs saw the brilliance of Wozniak and the market potential of his designs. Although initially not interested in being a businessman, reassurance from friends and family that he could still be an engineer convinced Woz to agree to the partnership. To finance their venture, Jobs sold his volkswagon van and Wozniak sold his progammable calculator to raise $1,300.

They formed Apple and built 50 computers, the Apple I, in 1975. They sold well, and Woz quit Hewlett Packard and concentrated on a newer, smaller, more powerful computer. The result was the Apple II, released in 1977. It was the last computer designed by a single person.

The business world was not for Woz. The thrill and excitement that Woz had for his hobby was replaced by company politics and power struggles. In 1985, a year after the MacIntosh was introduced, Woz left the company.

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