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Before there was an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple Watch\u2014before there was a Macintosh or Apple II or even an Apple-1\u2014there were a couple of kids who came of age in Silicon Valley in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were brought together by a shared fascination with electronics. Supported by friends, family, and a burgeoning community of hobbyists, technologists, and entrepreneurs, just as the microprocessor was ushering in a new era, they channeled their strikingly different skills into joint projects.<\/p>\n
On April 1, 1976, along with Jobs\u2019s former coworker Ronald Wayne, the two Steves formed a partnership to market Wozniak\u2019s latest invention, a microcomputer kit for electronics hobbyists. They called it Apple Computer Company.<\/p>\n
Today, as Apple turns 50, its presence in our lives is so pervasive\u20142.5 billion of the company\u2019s devices are in active use\u2014that its unlikely origin story is more resonant than ever. To tell it, I turned to the people who lived it:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n