He never "stole" stock or pay from any of the early employees, he just never included stock options as part of the compensation, meaning they weren't a part of

He never "stole" stock or pay from any of the early employees, he just never included stock options as part of the compensation, meaning they weren't a part of the windfall when Apple went public. Woz thought they should have, so he gave them some of his. Also, unimportant sidenote (just trying to be helpful) - the correct way to say that is "didn't Steve steal stock").