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The First 10 Apple Employees: Where Are They Now? (2011)

• mactitan 13y ago
  #3 Mike Markkula was the money man Markkula was an early Intel employee and became a millionaire by the time he was thirty when the company went public. According to "Return to the Little Kingdom," his investment in Apple was less than 10% of his total worth at the time. He stayed at Apple until 1997, overseeing the ouster and return of Steve Jobs. When Jobs came back, Markkula was left. He has since invested in a few startups and donated money to Santa Clara University, for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. #2 Steve Jobs was given the number two just to irk him Why is Jobs employee number two? Michael Scott says, "I know I didn't give it to Jobs because I thought that would be too much." #1 Steve Wozniak was the technical expert In the book "Return to the Little Kingdom" it says Wozniak told his parents with "steadfast assurance that Apple's bigtime investor would lose every penny," which indicated to use he lacked faith in Apple's success.