
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are known as a congenial team that founded Apple and shaped it significantly for decades. Wozniak has now made slightly disparaging remarks about his former colleague. He was not a good engineer – and he first had to learn how to deal with people properly.
Apple: Steve Wozniak strengthens against Steve Jobs
The relationship between Apple founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs is often described as problematic. In an interview with CNBC, Wozniak reaffirmed that these are people with fundamentally different views. According to him , Jobs was not a natural leader at the beginning . The focus on marketing and communications came about because Wozniak felt Jobs just wasn't a good engineer.
As a former Apple CEO and co-founder, Jobs has often been hailed as a great communicator and businessman for his legendary performances on stage at Apple events. But Jobs wasn't always a born showman, says Wozniak. Dealing with people in his closest environment was sometimes problematic.
"He learned a lot of marketing principles because he wasn't really capable of designing computer hardware and software," explains Wozniak. "He had to find other areas to make himself important" (source: CNBC). Over time, Jobs then developed into the "most important communicator and decision-maker" . According to Wozniak, Jobs' real talent was making devices like the iPhone extremely user-friendly. Jobs has made technology much less confusing overall.
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Wozniak: Bill Gates was jealous of Steve Jobs
According to Wozniak, after Steve Jobs died, Bill Gates told him he was "so jealous" that Jobs was such a natural public speaker. Gates describes Jobs as "a genius" because he inspires customers and employees alike.
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