Apple co-founder: I don't invest | Close to money corrupts values

Sina Technology News reported on the evening of April 28, according to CNBC reports, Silicon Valley legend Steve Wozniak accepted an interview with Fortune magazine. He founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Jobs. The company. In the days that followed, he chose to stay away from financial markets and sniffed at the notion that engineers are the most popular rock stars.

Apple, which is the first company in the world capitalizing on market capitalization. Although Wozniak is one of the founders of Apple, he has repeatedly avoided acquiring wealth, and he does not think that money is Supporting him to pursue the engine of his career.

Although at the panel discussion held in Mountain View, California, earlier this year, Wozniak was still Apple’s 'official staff' and was the only one since Apple’s first day of establishment. The person who has been earning salaries, and his cheque amount is only a fraction of this company he co-founded decades ago, but - he is no longer involved in Apple's work.

"We didn't start a company just to make money," said Wozniak. He also reviewed his lecture at the Museum of Computer History, explaining how he gave a huge amount of personal initial public offerings (IPOs) to Apple stock options. The other 80 employees, 'good for them to buy a house.'

Earlier this month, 'Woz' explained to Fortune Magazine in an interview why he chose to stay away from money. 'I don't invest in activities. I don't want to be close to money because it corrupts your values.'

In 1980, the co-founder provided early Apple employees with some of his own stock worth $10 million. This was an action that Jobs had never made. Wozniak said from the beginning that he hopes Efforts to carry out some innovations, to do something novel, to match Apple's original heart, and to realize the ideals of its former CEO Steve Jobs.

Apple’s current chief executive, Tim Cook, once said to college students: 'Don’t work for money—because it will soon wear out. You will never feel that you have earned enough. You will never be able to. Glad. ' Cook suggested finding a job that you are very passionate about and can serve others.

Wozniak did not get rich through investments, and then entered a circle of so-called 'more money than you will never need so much'. Wozniak has invested in projects that are important to him, and he Think of these projects as improving the world. The engineer has invested in museums in his hometown, San Jose, California. The Apple co-founder also launched an online technical education service called Woz U in late 2017. .

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