Steve Wozniak (1950- )
Steve Wozniak was the son of a Lockheed engineer and grew up in Sunnyvale. He was always fascinated by maths and computers, and at the Homebrew Computer Club he passed out copies of his original hardware designs. With Steve Jobs, he began working on a commercial model and in 1977 the Apple II made its debut. It was one of the first personal computers originally aimed at medium to large size businesses. Three years later Apple went public.

In early 1981 a high performance plane Wozniak was piloting went down and he was seriously injured. After recovering, he took a leave of absence from Apple, and finally left in 1985.He sponsored two large rock concerts - the US Festivals - and devoted himself to his growing family, to community projects and to education. Today, in a small office in Los Gatos, he teaches computer skills to local students and advises school districts on how to get wired.