A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of the Apple I and II, Apple's first line of products, and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed upon America's leading innovators.

In 2000, Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for "single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers."

Steve holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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