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Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, the son of Margaret Elaine (Kern) and Jacob Francis "Jerry" Wozniak. He is of Polish and Swiss-German ancestry. His father was from Bukovyna, Ukraine (Poland at the time) and his mother from German-Swiss background. The family emigrated to US. The name on Wozniak's birth certificate is "Stephan Gary W...
Origins of Apple
In 1969, Wozniak returned to the Bay Area after being expelled from University of Colorado Boulder in his first year for hacking into the institution's computer system. During this time, Wozniak designed and built his "Cream Soda" computer with his friend Bill Fernandez. He later re-enrolled at De Anza College and transferred to University of California, Berkeley in 1971. Before focusing his attention on Apple, he was employed at Hewlett-Packard where he designed calculators. It was during th...
Airplane Crash
On 7 February 1981, the Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC Wozniak was piloting crashed soon after takeoff from the Sky Park Airport in Scotts Valley, California. The plane stalled while climbing, then bounced down the runway, went through two fences, and crashed into an embankment. Wozniak and his three passengers, then-fiancee Candice Clark, his brother, and his girlfriend, were injured. Wozniak sustained severe face and head injuries, including losing a tooth, and also suffered for five weeks after...
US Festivals
In May 1982 and 1983, Wozniak sponsored two US Festivals to celebrate evolving technologies; they ended up as a technology exposition and a rock festival as a combination of music, computers, television and people. After losing several million dollars on the 1982 festival, he stated that unless the 1983 festival turned a profit, he would end his involvement with rock festivals and get back to designing computers. Also in 1983, Wozniak returned to Apple product development, desiring no more of...
After leaving Apple, Wozniak enrolled at UC Berkeley to complete his degree. Because his name was well known at this point, he enrolled under the name Rocky Raccoon Clark, which is the name listed on his diploma. One thing Wozniak wanted to do was teach elementary school because of the important role teachers play in students' lives. Eventually, he...
Wozniak lives in Los Gatos, California. He applied for Australian citizenship in 2012, and has stated that he would like to live in Melbourne, Australia, in the future. He is a Freemason, despite not having faith in a supreme being (which is required by Masonic rules except in "Liberal" or Continental Freemasonry). Wozniak describes his impetus for...
Wozniak competed in Season 8 of Dancing with the Stars in 2009 where he danced with Karina Smirnoff. Despite Wozniak and Smirnoff receiving 10 combined points from the three judges out of 30, the lowest score of the evening, he remained in the competition. He later posted on a social networking site that he felt that the vote count was not legitima...
Mar 24, 2009 · 71K views 14 years ago. ...more. Steve Wozniak's 4th performance on 'Dancing With the Stars' on ABC March 23, 2009.Be Sure Watch Every Week.
Mar 24, 2009 · Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and his partner show off their moves on "Dancing With the Stars." The Apple Inc. co-founder has managed to transform his less-than-graceful moves on...
Mar 24, 2009 · Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and his partner show off their moves on "Dancing With the Stars." The Apple Inc. co-founder has managed to transform his less-than-graceful moves on...
Mar 10, 2009 · March 10, 2009 - 9:47 am. Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder, made his first appearance on American Celebrity dance off show “Dancing with the Stars”. At this point, I’ll take a step...
