Steve Wozniak Still Gets a $50 Paycheck Each Week From Apple
He’s mostly a figurehead at this point, but Wozniak says he’s the ‘only person who received a paycheck every week since we started the company.’
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Steve Wozniak is still an employee at Apple, and his paycheck is about $50 per week after savings and taxes, the Apple cofounder said in an interview with Guy Kawasaki.
“I’m still an Apple employee — the only person who’s received a paycheck every week since we started the company,” Wozniak said in a released on Wednesday and . After savings and taxes, Wozniak said he gets “$50 a week or something into my bank account.”
Wozniak said that while the amount is small, he has stayed on the payroll at Apple “out of loyalty.”
“What could I do that’s more important in my life?” Wozniak said. “Nobody’s gonna fire me, and I really do have strong feelings always for Apple.”
Wozniak, who has made comments about the tech industry like , said that while Apple could ask him to be more involved, he enjoys his freedom to speak freely without being associated with Apple’s day-to-day operations.
“The thing is I really can’t be inside operations because I’m just too outspoken and honest, and I don’t want to give that up,” he said.
Listen to Wozniak’s full interview
Steve Wozniak is still an employee at Apple, and his paycheck is about $50 per week after savings and taxes, the Apple cofounder said in an interview with Guy Kawasaki.
“I’m still an Apple employee — the only person who’s received a paycheck every week since we started the company,” Wozniak said in a released on Wednesday and . After savings and taxes, Wozniak said he gets “$50 a week or something into my bank account.”
Wozniak said that while the amount is small, he has stayed on the payroll at Apple “out of loyalty.”
“What could I do that’s more important in my life?” Wozniak said. “Nobody’s gonna fire me, and I really do have strong feelings always for Apple.”
Wozniak, who has made comments about the tech industry like , said that while Apple could ask him to be more involved, he enjoys his freedom to speak freely without being associated with Apple’s day-to-day operations.
“The thing is I really can’t be inside operations because I’m just too outspoken and honest, and I don’t want to give that up,” he said.
Listen to Wozniak’s full interview
