Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffers minor stroke while in Mexico
Jenny Goldsberry
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Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, experienced a stroke during his trip to Mexico on Wednesday.
Wozniak, 73, confirmed to ABC News that the stroke was “minor” and that he was treated at a hospital. The entrepreneur was in Mexico City for the World Business Forum and felt some effects of vertigo in the morning. It wasn’t until the hospital took an MRI that he realized he had had a stroke.
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Wozniak was discharged from the hospital and returned to the United States. He did not appear for his scheduled speech at 4:20 p.m. that day.
Staff working for Wozniak’s website did not return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
Steve Jobs was Wozniak’s co-founder of Apple, which began in 1976. Nine years later, Wozniak left the company for other entrepreneurial pursuits. Jobs died in 2011 due to complications surrounding his pancreatic cancer — two months after resigning as the company’s president.
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Wozniak has since co-founded EFFORCE, a blockchain company that rewards clients who save on energy with non-fungible tokens, which are unique digital artworks.
The World Business Forum takes place in multiple cities across the globe every year. Other speakers at Mexico City’s summit included Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Phelps.