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Ron Wayne

Cofounder, Apple

Search every verified Ron Wayne interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ronald Wayne, who co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, has continued to recount his brief involvement with the company in various interviews and public appearances. Wayne has stated that he left the partnership 12 days after its formation due to concerns about personal financial liability, noting that as a partnership, the founders were "equally and severally liable" for debts and that he had assets that could be targeted if things went wrong. He has described receiving a check for $800 from Jobs shortly after leaving, and later a $1,500 payment to sign away his interest in the company. Wayne has said he does not regret his decision, stating that he believes he would have "wound up the richest man in the cemetery" had he stayed, and that he saw his future at Apple as heading a documentation department "shuffling papers." In recent years, Wayne has participated in events such as the Vintage Computer Festival West in 2024, where he was interviewed by early Apple employee Dan Kottke, and has given interviews reflecting on his role as a mentor to the younger Jobs and Wozniak. He has described Jobs as a "very focused individual" and said that Jobs had an "absolute sense of his own being right." Wayne has also discussed selling the original Apple partnership contract for $500, which later sold at auction for $1.3 million, calling it "the story of my life." He has expressed that he considers himself fortunate to have been "at a turning point in history" and that he has "led a charmed life."

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