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Steve “Woz” Wozniak. (Photo: dpa)
07.02.2020, 04:28 a.m.
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Steve Wozniak is one of three Apple-Founders – and he is still an employee of the group with a fixed income. However, that only amounts to $ 50 a week.
On April 1, 1976, Steve Wozniak – also known as The Woz -, Steve Jobs and Ron Wayne the computer manufacturer Apple. Almost nine years later, Wozniak left the company – but only partially. The Woz is still an employee of the group and has a fixed income. Contrary to what you might expect, the salary is not a few thousand dollars or more like Input reports,
Steve Wozniak: $ 50 “Salary” Every Week
Instead, Wozniak claims to stay just $ 50 a week when all deductions are settled. That’s around $ 2,600 a year. Wozniak gave this insight into his Apple paychecks in the podcast Remarkable People by Guy Kawasaki. “I’m still an Apple employee,” said Wozniak, “and the only person who has had a paycheck every week since the company started.”
This “content” should not be anything more than a symbolic gesture. After all, Wozniak is not really working on ongoing projects or is involved in the development of new products or designs. Wozniak himself says: “Nobody will fire me and I really always have strong feelings for Apple.” However, he could not be in the operational business because he was simply too open and honest. And he didn’t want to give that up, said Wozniak in the podcast.
Criticism of Apple by The Woz
In recent years, Wozniak has repeatedly criticized Apple and its products. Wozniak said in 2017 that Apple is now too big, to develop the “Next big thing”, In the same year he criticized the new one Face ID function on iPhone X, The Woz also didn’t like the first Apple Watch and the abandonment of the headphone jack. The California group’s tax practice also took place no co-founder approval,
But you don’t have to worry about Wozniak. Apple’s $ 50 a week is far from the computer pioneer’s only income. His shares and company shares are said to add up to nearly $ 100 million in assets.
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