Any large institution or successful business is not the product of an individual effort, but rather the result of the collective work of many people. So we decided to talk about personalities who influenced the history of Apple and contributed to the company reaching its present form. We started with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.this link- Then from our present, Craig Fedrigi, in charge of iOS and Mac systems -this link-. And in our article today, we go back to the past and talk about the third and unknown founder of Apple; It's Ronald Wayne.

[3] Geniuses who made Apple: Ronald Wayne

We all know Steve Jobs and some think he is the sole founder and owner of Apple. Some people know Steve Wozniak and that he was Jobs' partner. Rather, he was the person who was actually designing the devices, and Jobs was responsible for selling but did not know how to design them. But the majority of Apple fans are unaware that there is a third person in Apple's founding contract called Ronald Wayne.

Ronald Wayne's role in founding Apple

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Ronald Wayne met with Steve Jobs during their work at the famous Atari company in the field of gaming devices and he attended the Jobs and Wozniak meetings to talk about the future of personal computers, where Jobs was telling them that computers would be available to the public (at that time only companies were buying and interested in computers) and he was doing The role of the elder brother or mentor to them (Jobs 21 years old, Wozniak 25 years old, Ronald 42 years old). Then Jobs and his partner decided to establish Apple Computers, but they ran into a legal hurdle, which is that they need the presence of a great "guardian". Here, Jobs went to Ronald and asked him to participate with them, and the company's shares were divided into 45% for Steve Jobs, 45% for Lusniak, and 10% for Ronald Wayne.

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As the guardian or supervisor of the company, Ronald Wayne designed the first Apple logo (previous image) and wrote a manual for the use of the first Apple computer, as well as the company's articles of association. After the entity became legal as of April 1, 1, Ronald Wayne felt threatened by the ambitions of Steve Jobs, who soon took a "loan" to guarantee the purchase of 1976 computers. Ronald's concern was that he was the only one in the partners who owned real assets such as a company, a house and other assets. If Wozniak fails to manufacture the 50 computers, and thus the company is unable to pay off the loan that Steve obtained, then what he owns will be seized, unlike the 50 Steve, who had nothing to seize. Based on this concern, on April 2, Ronald Wayne, just 12 days after the company was founded, sold the 11% stake for $ 10. It is reported that Apple's market value is now $ 800: D

Ronald after Apple

Ronald Wayne refused all Steve Jobs' endeavors to bring him back to the company and continued to work for Atari for two years. He left it in 1978 and joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a scientific research facility owned by the US government, and then moved to work for an electronics company. After retiring from work he went to Nevada and began to spend his time selling postage stamps and rare coins. The funny thing is that, according to some close people, he never bought any Apple products, even though in some meetings Apple devices were given to him.

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When Ronald asked whether he regretted losing the 10% stake in Apple, he replied, “I made the best decision I saw that was right at the time. There is no point in rethinking the past and thinking what would have happened if I hadn't done such a thing. This matter ended in the past, and thinking about it will not change anything.

Ronald Wayne was born on May 17, 1934 (now 81)

If you are Ronald Wayne, will you decide, like him, to sell your stake in Apple because of your insecurity about its future, Jobs’s ambitions, and Wozniak’s skill

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