Stephen G. Wozniak - 1968 Homestead High School

Steve Wozniak, aka "Woz", is best remembered as being co-founder of Apple in 1976, but he is also an extremely talented electronics engineer and programmer, big time philanthropist (especially with education) and entrepreneur. Everyone who knows him in Silicon Valley holds Woz in high respect due to his kind nature, sense of humor and care for humanity. Wozniak lives in Los Gatos with his wife Janet Hill and is a non-active Freemason at Mt. Moriah Lodge 292. He has three children with his ex-wife Candice Clark (married from June 13th, 1981-1987) and of course many of us know of his relationship with actress Kathy Griffin. Woz was born to Margaret Louise (Kern) Wozniak (1923-2014) and Lockheed engineer Francis Jacob "Jerry" Wozniak (1925-1994) in San Jose, California. According to his Santa Clara County birth certificate, his name is listed as "Stephan Gary Wozniak". His mother Margaret said that she had intended his name to be spelled "Stephen", so to rectify the situation he just goes by "Steve". He began working with Steven Paul Jobs to form Apple in 1975. He was the lead with designing the Apple II which was introduced in 1977 and was the one of, if not the, first successfully mass-produced computers. This was during a time when numerous ventures were attempting to figure out the potential of computers and how they would be utilized for business & personal use. So if you're reading this right now, you have Woz, in part, to thank!