Enjoy a truly one-of-a-kind experience with tech pioneer and Apple Co-Founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak.
You and your guest will meet Woz and his wife Janet over dinner. Following dinner, you will play Gameboy Tetris together and Woz will show you a schematic of the first computer motherboard he built.
To commemorate your experience with this revolutionary tech icon, you will leave with an original Apple II Computer and a brand new Apple Watch, both signed by him. Plus, to digitally document your evening, Woz will tweet a selfie of the two of you!
Steve Wozniak also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, inventor, and technology entrepreneur. In 1976, with business partner Steve Jobs, he co-founded Apple Computer, which later became the world's largest technology company by revenue and the largest company in the world by market capitalization. Through his work at Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.
In 1975, Wozniak started developing the Apple I into the computer that launched Apple when he and Jobs first began marketing it the following year. He primarily designed the Apple II, introduced in 1977, known as one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers, while Jobs oversaw the development of its foam-molded plastic case and early Apple employee Rod Holt developed its switching power supply. With human–computer interface expert Jef Raskin, Wozniak had a major influence over the initial development of the original Apple Macintosh concepts from 1979 to 1981, when Jobs took over the project following Wozniak's brief departure from the company due to a traumatic airplane accident. After permanently leaving Apple in 1985, Wozniak founded CL 9 and created the first programmable universal remote, released in 1987. He then pursued several other businesses and philanthropic ventures throughout his career, focusing largely on technology in K–12 schools.
As of February 2020, Wozniak has remained an employee of Apple in a ceremonial capacity since stepping down in 1985. In recent years, he has helped fund multiple entrepreneurial efforts dealing in areas such as telecommunications, flash memory, technology and pop culture conventions, ecology, satellites, technical education and more.
This package also includes a special invitation to an online “#NotAloneChallenge Zoom Dinner” and conversation with foundation youth and a performance from one of the #NotAloneChallenge musicians after the challenge finishes on a to be determined date. Winners get to visit and have a tour of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their revolutionary mental health program in Las Vegas.