Steve Wozniak Bio, Age, Weight, Height, Facts, Controversies, Net worth, Family Tree, Personal life

For our readers today we bring the revolutionary computer wizard, Steve Wozniak. Steve has the credit to his name of inventing the Apple I and Apple II computers that complete changed the world of modern computers. Steve was born in the start of early computer world and since the young age showed signs of achievements. He despised the traditional education system and as fond o making homemade devices from scratch without any prior knowledge. His passion of making things got a boom when he met Steve Jobs. Working together they completely changed the history of the personal computers. The credit to one of the high asset technological companies, Apple goes to the name of these two.

Steve was responsible for engineering department of company while Steve handled the marketing end. Steve originally has four technological patents as well as credit for development of other technologies like Universal Remote Control and Wireless GPS technology.

Our guide will help you explore near about every possible fact and personal information available at the moment of this celebrity. So sit back and enjoy this joy ride of information.

 

Real Name:- 

Stephen Gary Wozniak

Nick Name:-

Steve Wozniak

Profession:-

Engineer

Co founder of Apple Company

Nationality:-

American

Physical Stats:-

This portion of the celebrity’s bio will help you get acquainted with the physical attributes of importance that you might want to know.

Steve Wozniak is currently 67 years old and belongs to white ethnicity. He was born in San Jose, California and is American by birth. He belongs to a Jewish family but as far as his faith is concerned he is Agnostic. Steve is currently an old man that weighs around 90 kg on a body height of 5 feet 8 inches. Well this is what you expect when you have to spend all day cramped in a room working on gadgets.

Personal life:-

For personal life we have carefully selected all the necessary items ranging from date of birth to their family tree that can be of importance to the fans.

Steve Wozniak had a wonderful career and this something that every one of his fans cherishes to learn about. For hose non fans that are eager to learn about him, we have gathered a list of major career points of his life which are as follows.

• Wozniak met Jobs through a common friend and they both hated the conventional education system. They both had same passion for electronics which led to the founding of a company and a long friendship.
• Both of them became bosom friends while working on the mainframe computer for Hewlett Packard also known today as HP.
• During that time, Wozniak dropped from University of California.
• Due to the development of microprocessors, world was seeing the increased supply of personal computers. Steve at the time could not afford a computer so instead he builds one for himself. This was actually the first ever built Apple I computer. All things like hardware, circuit boards and operating systems were made by Wozniak himself.
• This computer was actually much better than one built by Altair, the company of that time.
• Along with help of Jobs, Wozniak introduced this computer to Palo-Alto based Homebrew Company.
• Soon the duo started selling printed circuit boards made from their own money. They also sold monitors, electronic devices and games which led to saving up to 1300 dollars.
• On 1^st April of 1976, Wozniak resigned from HP and joined Apple Company as its first Vice Presidency with duties of being the head of engineering department.
• Next came the advent of Apple II computers which became the mass sold personal computer of its era.
• In 1987, Steve officially retired from company but till today he receives stipend from Company for about 120,000 dollars.
• After Apple Steve founded a company called CL 9 which introduced the first ever programmable Universal Remote Control.
• He also had passion for teaching so he also taught computers to kids from grade fifth to ninth.
• In 2001, he invented a Wireless GPS technology by name of WOX that allowed people to find everyday things without feeling trouble.
• WOZ ended in 2006 and he founded a company called Acquiror Technology which was actually a holding company that acquired other technology companies.
• From year 2009 to 2014 he worked with Fusion-io and currently he is working with Primary Data as their Chief scientist.

Date of Birth:-

August 11^th, 1950

Birth Place:-

San Jose, California, USA

Zodiac Sign:-

Leo

Religion:-

Agnostic

Facts:-

The life of the Amazing WOZ is certainly filled with many amazing facts. Some of these facts are as follows.

• Steve Wozniak to his names actually holds a lot of awards. Some of the renowned ones are as follows.
• National Medal of Technology in 1985
• Fellow of the Computer History Museum
• National Inventors Hall of Fame
• 7^th Annual Heinz Award for Technology
• Global Award from Present of Armenia for Outstanding contribution to humanity via IT; in 2011
• 66^th Hoover Medal in 2014
• Other than awards and medals, Steve Wozniak has also received honorary doctorate degrees for Engineering from the following prestigious Universities across USA and from neighboring countries as well.
• University of Colorado
• Kettering University
• North Carolina State University
• Nova Southeastern University
• Michigan State University
• Santa Clara University
• University Camilo Jose Cela in Madrid
• Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in Lima
• Concordia University in Montreal Canada
• ESPOL University in Ecuador
• Being a scientist he is not completely atheist, instead he is actually Agnostic.
• He is the key contributor for the San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum. He also happens to be the museum’s benefactor. The street that is in front of museum is named as Woz Way to honor his services.
• Although he has many Honorary Doctorate degrees to his names, he actually earned his Bachelor’s of Computer Science and Engineering in 1986. He did so after retiring from Apple Company.

Net worth:-

Being one of the shareholders for the Apple Company, Steve Wozniak enjoys a huge net worth of 100 million dollars. As a founder of a company even after he has retired for a long time, he still receives a steepened of about 120,000 dollars annually.

Houses:-

Steve maintains his residence in Los Gatos, California but address has been kept private due to privacy and security concerns.

Family Tree:-

From his father’s side, Steve has Polish and Swiss German lineage whereas from his mother’s side he has German, Northern Irish and English heritage. Other information regarding his family background is as follows.

Father Name:-

His father’s name is Francis Jacob Wozniak.

Mother Name:-

The name of his mother is Margaret Wozniak. She died at age of 91 after a long battle from Alzheimer’s.

Siblings:-

He has two siblings. A brother named Mark and a sister named Leslie Wozniak. Both of them are younger than him.

Children:-

He has three children, two sons and a daughter. Their names are as follows.

• Jesse John Wozniak
• Stephen Gary Wozniak Jr.
• Sara Nadine Wozniak

Affairs:-

Steve has been married four times in his life. The name of his three ex-wives and one current wife are as follows.

• Alice Robertson 1976-1980
• Candice Clark 1981-1987
• Suzanne Mulkern 1990-2004
• Janet Hill married since 2008