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Apple at 50: the Diverging Paths of Steve Jobs’ Two Co-Founders

Ronald Wayne sold his 10 percent Apple stake for $800 in 1976, a decision that cost him billions as Steve Wozniak stayed tied to tech.

Fifty years ago, in a modest California garage, three men built a company that would reshape technology and culture. On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne signed the paperwork to form Apple Computer. Their first creation, the Apple I, a bare-circuit-board hand-assembled by Wozniak, sold for $666.66 and paved the way for the modern PC revolution. Jobs’ vision and charisma made him the enduring face of Apple. But half a century later, as Apple celebrates its milestone anniversary, its two lesser-known co-founders have followed remarkably different paths. Wozniak, 75, remains a technologist and educator still tied to Apple in spirit, while Wayne, 91, has lived a quieter life outside of Las Vegas, far removed from the digital revolution he helped launch.

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Steve Wozniak, the inventor who never stopped inventing

Wozniak still lives in Los Gatos, Calif., where he’s spent decades tinkering with inventions and championing education. Known affectionately as “Woz,” he was Apple’s founding engineer and the driving........

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