I’m a good 15 years younger than Steve Wozniak, but Steve Wozniak has always been a person I’ve aspired to become more like. He’s one of my personal heroes, and I hope to die a man as close to what the man he’s always been.

Fuckin’ class act.

Steve Wozniak’s net worth is not definitively known, but it is estimated to be around $100 million. He continues to receive a stipend from Apple for his role as an employee emeritus. In 2006, this stipend was estimated to be $120,000 per year

“I gave all my wealth away”…

The 120M aside, which is almost certainly pulled out of someone’s ass, $120k/yr isn’t that much. I’m sure that almost ever engineer at Apple makes more than that.

I would hope all their engineers make more than that. For Apple that should be entry level.

The full quote:

I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.

120k in silion valley in particular is barely a livable wage. CoL is incredibly high there.

Steve Wozniak’s net worth is not definitively known,

They literally TOLD YOU THEY DON’T KNOW and you’re still listening to their estimates as if they’re fact.

but it is estimated to be around $100 million.

estimated BY WHO? AND HOW?

I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns.

Words to live by.

Business insider mentions the yearly $120000.

Market realist estimates it to be 100 mil net worth, but is substantially smaller that it once was, at an estimate of 10bil.

Listen - the point is not what he is worth. The point is that even though he has given away all his apple wealth, he is still a very rich man, who can afford to have this point of view.

He probably owns his property already, so that’s a huge chunk, but the point still stands.

And that’s why he’s 75 and happy and Jobs is dead and no one will know his name in 20 years.

Yup, being a CEO is the number one leading cause of pancreatic cancer…

Smiles minus frowns.

This right here is the ultimate KPI, yet I’ve never seen it in a dashboard or spreadsheet. Woz is a legend…

Nope but being an idiot and treating it with a fruit diet is certainly a factor.

I had an Apple IIgs back in the day “signed” (printed) by Woz. I’m glad that dude is still living his best life.

You’re right. Ignorance got Jobs. Stress doesn’t help though.

Jobs wasn’t ignorant of his situation. He had the best doctors in the world telling him exactly what he needed to do . He decided to ignore them because he thought he was right and they were wrong.

Steve Jobs killed himself. The gun was his hubris and the trigger was the universe telling him no.

I saw the Woz at El Burro Restaurant in SJ once and my wife said: Oh it’s the guy from dancing with the stars!

They say not to meet your heros, and it’s usually good advice. Imma go out on a limb and say it doesn’t apply to Woz.