Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Rushed to Hospital in Mexico City After Suffering Mild Stroke: Reports

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – One of Apple’s founders, Steve Wozniak, was reportedly rushed to hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday local time, due to a mild stroke.

At that time, he was there as a speaker at a business conference. ABC News said, after being in the hospital, he was then flown back to the United States.

Collect The Guardiantold the ABC, the 73-year-old man said he was at the computer in the morning when he felt vertigo and dizziness.

Supposedly, the Apple co-founder was at the World Business Forum in Mexico City, a two-day conference, which was also attended by speakers such as Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP, and Muhammad Yunus, a microfinance pioneer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Wozniak was scheduled to speak at the closing ceremony of the conference on Wednesday afternoon, but was unable to attend.

He was reported to be suffering from “health issues” shortly before he was scheduled to arrive at the event, according to the source, but declined to specify what the health issues were.

Collect AP NewsFriday (10/11/2023), to ABC News, via text message, Wozniak said MRI results showed he had had a “minor but real stroke.”

To New York Times, The Apple founder was also released from the hospital on Thursday, flew back to California, and is waiting for dinner at his home in Los Gatos. “I came back home and felt fine,” he said.

Steve Wozniak founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs in 1976. However, he left the iPhone maker in 1985, for various other interests, although he still supports a number of technology companies.

Steve Wozniak even took part in Dancing with The Stars in 2009, and was a judge on the Unicorn Hunters event, which assesses the ideas of entrepreneurs, who are competing to build startups, which have the potential to be worth USD 1 billion or more.

2023-11-10 06:00:13
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