5Jul2019
Get to Know Steve Wozniak
by: Nordic Business Forum
Steve Wozniak is a Silicon Valley icon and has been a philanthropist for more than thirty years. Steve has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.
Through the years, Wozniak has been involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he adopted the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.
The Woz on the Origins of the US Festival 1982
At Nordic Business Forum 2019, the Woz will have a conversation with us in which he shares his lessons in creativity, innovation, and technology. Drawing from his rich history in shaping the technological landscape of today, Woz will discuss how he has experienced growth through each of these avenues.
