Woz Plan

The "Woz Plan" was an alternative stock distribution plan organized by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak in which he offered up to US$10 million worth of his personal shares of AAPL to early "garage" employees who otherwise did not receive any stock in the company.When Steve Jobs Refused To Give Early Apple Employees Stock, Steve Wozniak Offered Them $10 Million Of His, by Alyson Shontell, Business Insider. 2014-09-05.Steve Wozniak Is Not a Sidekick by Victor Luckerson. 2016-06-29.
==Plan==
After Steve Jobs and the Apple Board of Directors decided not to grant stock or stock options to staff who did not meet certain criteria, Wozniak offered 40 to 80 of these early employees up to 2,000 shares each at $5 per share shortly after the company went public on December 12, 1980."Jobs (2013)". History vs. Hollywood. Retrieved October 18, 2015.Steve Wozniak is still on Apple’s payroll four decades after co-founding the company by John Shinal, CNBC. 2018-01-18. By December 2021, each share of AAPL had split 224-fold and would have been worth over $40,000.Stock FAQ, Apple Inc. Retrieved 2020-08-31.Historical Stock Price Lookup, Apple Inc. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
===Participants===
*Ann BowersWhen Apple was still Apple Computer by Hervé Lebret, Start-Up. 2012-10-31.
*Chris Espinosa"Jobs (2013)". History vs. Hollywood. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
*Bill Fernandez
*Dan Kottke
*Randy Wigginton
Some non-employees who had also purchased stock from Wozniak included investors Richard Kramlich and Fayez Sarofim.
==References==
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
Category:Apple history