Technologue.id, Jakarta – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he suffered a mild stroke before appearing at a business conference in Mexico City. Wozniak told ABC News in a text message Thursday that he felt dizzy Wednesday morning, then experienced vertigo, and went to the hospital.
An MRI showed he had suffered a “minor but obvious stroke.” Wozniak, 73, was scheduled to speak at the World Business Forum in Mexico City, a two-day gathering considered the world’s most important management event.
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Other invited speakers include Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The amiable Wozniak, who worked with the late Steve Jobs to found Apple in 1976, was scheduled to be the conference’s closing speaker on Wednesday afternoon.
Wozniak told the New York Times that he was released from the hospital on Thursday, flew back to California and was waiting for dinner at his home in Los Gatos.
“I’m back home and feeling fine,” Wozniak said.
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Wozniak left Apple in 1985 to pursue various other interests, but remained a staunch supporter of the company.
He has pursued various other interests including competing on “Dancing With The Stars” in 2009 and participating as a judge in an online video show called “Unicorn Hunters” which evaluates the ideas of entrepreneurs vying to build startups with the potential to be worth $1 billion.
2023-11-10 12:11:39
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