Ronald Wayne was born on the 17th May 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio USA. Wayne is best known to the world as a businessman and an entrepreneur, who co-worked with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on the establishment of the Apple computer company. His career was active from 1973 until 2010, when he decided to retire.
However, he received in total of only $2300, as he decided to sell his share of the Apple, before it became renowned company in the IT business. Anyway, Ronald built his small kingdom working in several industries, including Atari, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and owning a stamp shop Wayne Philatelics.
Have you ever wondered how rich Ronald Wayne is? According to sources, it is estimated that Ronald Wayne`s overall net worth is $300,000, an amount acquired through his numerous business ventures, which also includes publishing a memoir “Adventures Of An Apple Founder” in 2011.
Ronald Wayne Net Worth $300,000
Ronald grew up in Cleveland, but later moved to New York, USA in order to get higher education. He attended the School Of Industrial Arts in New York City, from which he graduated in 1953, and upon graduation he conducted a self-educational program, which would allow him to work in electro-mechanical engineering and product development.
His high education earned him a place in the highly praised IT development company, Atari, in which he worked as a chief supervisor of the business ventures. During his time at Atari, Ronald befriended his future colleagues Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, which later led to their founding of the Apple Computers Company. Wayne is responsible for first Apple logo and a manual for the Apple 1 computer, which was designed and built by Steve Wozniak.
However, unsure of the company`s future, and fearing calls on his other business interests, Ronald decided to back off, and to sell his 10% of the shares to Jobs and Wozniak. This decision later turned out to be the wrong one, as he received only $2300 for what today would have been worth $60 billion. Regardless, this was the start of Ronald’s net worth.
After leaving Apple, Ronald stayed with Atari until the late 70s, when he accepted a job at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where he worked on several projects, and later he worked briefly for an electronics company is Salinas, California. All contributed to his net worth.
Furthermore to his business ventures, and which increased his overall wealth during his active career, Wayne also had owned a stamp shop, Wayne Philatelics, located in Milpitas, California, but decided to move his business to the peaceful city of Pahrump, California.
Regarding his personal life, the media attention has been built upon his decision to leave Apple, however, in numerous interviews Wayne has stated that he doesn’t have any regrets, and additionally he has turned down numerous offers from Jobs to return to Apple.
Wayne had never bought an Apple product in his life, however, one was given to him in 2011, by Aral Balkan at the Update Conference in Brighton. It was the iPad 2.
One more thing about Wayne: he is a homosexual, first admitting his sexuality to Jobs while they were still working at Atari in 1974, stating also that it didn`t have any effect on their friendship or on his future career.
