1950-

American Computer Designer and Electrical Engineer

Steven Wozniak designed and built the Apple I, the first complete, small, easy-to-use computer. His later Apple II added color capabilities, the simple computer language called BASIC, and came in one unit in a plastic case. Along with Steve Jobs (1955- ), Wozniak co-founded the Apple Computer Company.

Steven Wozniak was born in California in 1950, the son of a Lockheed engineer. At Homestead High in Sunnyvale, where he met Jobs, his spare time was spent building computers, arcade machines, and electronic devices in his garage. He belonged to a computer club, though his friend Jobs did not.

At the University of Colorado, De Anza Community College, and the University of California at Berkeley, Wozniak majored in electrical engineering. He dropped out of college and went to work for Hewlett-Packard in 1971, while Jobs worked at Atari. Wozniak spent his spare time...