ronald wayne

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are the names most closely tied to Apple , one of the most valuable companies in history. But 50 years ago, when they were putting pen to paper and officially founding the company, there was a third, lesser-known signature on that document : Ronald G. Wayne. At the time, Wayne was an engineer at Atari when Jobs recruited him to help persuade Wozniak to take the leap and build a computer company. Wayne—who later described himself as the “adult in the room”—drafted Apple’s original partnership agreement and was awarded a 10% stake, while Jobs and Wozniak each held 45