Full Name: Stephen Gary Wozniak; Profession: American electronics engineer, computer programmer, inventor, technology entrepreneur, philanthropist, and co‑founder of Apple Inc. Nationality: American; Born: 11 August 1950; Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States; Generation: Baby Boomer (member of the post‑World War II baby boom generation born between 1946 and 1964, a large cohort that profoundly shaped late‑20th‑century economics, politics, and culture); Chinese Zodiac: Metal Tiger (born in the 1950 Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese lunar calendar, specifically the Metal Tiger, associated with charisma, competitive drive, magnetic presence, and a direct, unorthodox nature that flourishes in demanding, high‑stakes environments); Zodiac Sign: Leo (Solar Leo for births between approximately July 23 and August 22, symbolized by the Lion and traditionally linked with leadership, creative self‑expression, courage, and a dramatic, warm‑hearted personality); Age in 2026: 76 (turning 76 years old on his birthday of August 11, 2026, having lived more than seven and a half decades through the formative eras of mainframe computing, hobbyist microcomputers, the personal computer revolution, the rise of the internet, smartphones, and cloud computing); Marital Status: Married to Janet Hill (Apple education development executive and longtime partner, with their marriage publicly dated to 8 August 2008 and often noted for their shared appearances at technology and charity events); Children: Three (Stephen Gary Wozniak Jr., Jesse John Wozniak, and Sara Nadine Wozniak, the children from his earlier marriage to Candice Clark, for whom he famously built an elaborate “cave” play space and with whom he has been described as a devoted and playful father); Description: Stephen Gary “Woz” Wozniak is a pioneering American electronics engineer and computer programmer who, alongside Steve Jobs, co‑founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) in 1976, transforming his home‑built microcomputer designs into the commercial Apple I and then the groundbreaking Apple II, one of the first mass‑market personal computers to achieve major commercial success and to bring interactive, visually rich computing into homes, schools, and small businesses worldwide; his early work at Hewlett‑Packard and within the Homebrew Computer Club nurtured his passion for elegant, minimalist circuit design and user‑friendly hardware, leading him to engineer highly integrated systems that reduced component counts while maximizing performance, and his design philosophy—favoring simplicity, efficiency, and delight for the end user—became a cornerstone of Apple’s culture and product identity; after surviving a serious plane crash in the 1980s, Wozniak gradually stepped away from day‑to‑day operations at Apple but remained a cultural icon of the personal computer era, later completing his electrical engineering and computer science degree at the University of California, Berkeley, publicly embracing the role of “engineer first, businessman second,” and investing his time and resources into educational technology initiatives, student outreach, and philanthropic projects promoting science, engineering, and creative problem‑solving for young people; he authored the memoir “iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co‑Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It,” regularly appears at conferences, universities, and media interviews to demystify technology and encourage curiosity, and is widely celebrated as one of the most influential hardware and software innovators of the late 20th century, whose contributions helped catalyze the shift from room‑sized mainframes to affordable, personal machines that empowered individual users and ultimately shaped today’s digital society; Cause of Death: Alive as of 2026 (actively engaged in public speaking, philanthropy, and educational advocacy, living in California with Janet Hill and their beloved Bichon Frise dogs, with no reported death or cause of death to date in current biographical and news sources).