Editing Steve Wozniak (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Kathy and Woz (2400485190) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|Wozniak and friend [[Kathy Griffin]] in 2008]]
Wozniak lives in [[Los Gatos, California]]. He applied for [[Australian citizenship]] in 2012, and has stated that he would like to live in [[Melbourne]], Australia in the future.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hopewell|first=Luke|title=Steve Wozniak Is Becoming An Australian Citizen|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/steve-wozniak-is-becoming-an-australian-citizen/|website=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=June 12, 2014|date=September 25, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162148/http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/steve-wozniak-is-becoming-an-australian-citizen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Wozniak has been referred to frequently by the nickname "Woz", or "The Woz"; he has also been called "The Wonderful Wizard of Woz" and "The Second Steve" (in regard to his early business partner and longtime friend, [[Steve Jobs]]).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-03-steve-the-woz-wozniak-2011-isaac-asimov-science-awar |title= Steve "The Woz" Wozniak: 2011 Isaac Asimoz Science Award |publisher=[[American Humanist Association]] |first= Sean |last= Mulligan |access-date= May 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120913002604/http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-03-steve-the-woz-wozniak-2011-isaac-asimov-science-awar |archive-date= September 13, 2012 }}</ref> "WoZ" (short for "[[Wheels of Zeus]]") is the name of a company he founded in 2002; it closed in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kanellos |first1=Michael |title=Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/wozniak-shuts-down-wheels-of-zeus/ |website=CNET |access-date=August 8, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506231331/https://www.cnet.com/news/wozniak-shuts-down-wheels-of-zeus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wozniak describes his impetus for joining the [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]] in 1979 as being able to spend more time with his then-wife, Alice Robertson, who belonged to the [[Order of the Eastern Star]], associated with the Masons. He was initiated in 1979 at Charity Lodge No. 362 in [[Campbell, California]], now part of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 292 in Los Gatos.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/wozniak_s/wozniak_s.html |title= A Few Famous Masons |publisher= [[Grand Lodge of British Columbia and the Yukon]] |access-date= March 25, 2013 |archive-date= October 3, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161003040539/http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/wozniak_s/wozniak_s.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Today he is no longer involved: "I did become a Freemason and know what it's about but it doesn't really fit my tech/geek personality. Still, I can be polite to others from other walks of life. After our divorce was filed I never attended again but I did contribute enough for a lifetime membership."<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/10/01/1527257/ask-steve-wozniak-anything |title= Ask Steve Wozniak Anything |date= October 1, 2012 |website= [[Slashdot]] |access-date= October 25, 2018 |archive-date= October 25, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181025190354/https://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/10/01/1527257/ask-steve-wozniak-anything |url-status= live }}</ref>

Wozniak was married to [[slalom canoe]] gold-medalist [[Candice Clark]] from June 1981 to 1987. They have three children together, the youngest being born after their divorce was finalized.<ref name=macobserver>{{cite web |url= https://www.macobserver.com/columns/thisweek/2004/20040613.shtml |title= This Week in Apple History – June 7–13: The Woz Marries, Switcher Campaign Starts, IE Ended |publisher= The Mac Observer |date= June 13, 2004 |access-date= November 28, 2012 |archive-date= June 18, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130618041710/http://www.macobserver.com/columns/thisweek/2004/20040613.shtml |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=People>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/wizard-of-woz-vol-41-no-6/|title=Wizard of Woz|magazine=People|access-date=April 9, 2018|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020714/http://people.com/archive/wizard-of-woz-vol-41-no-6/|url-status=live}}</ref> After a high-profile relationship with actress [[Kathy Griffin]], who described him on ''[[Tom Green's House Tonight]]'' in 2008 as "the biggest techno-nerd in the Universe", Wozniak married Janet Hill, his current spouse.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://fortune.com/2012/03/16/im-in-trouble-says-wozs-wife/ |title= 'I'm in trouble' says Woz's wife |work= [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date= February 27, 2017 |archive-date= February 22, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170222231553/http://fortune.com/2012/03/16/im-in-trouble-says-wozs-wife/ |url-status= live }}</ref> On his religious views, Wozniak has called himself an "atheist or agnostic".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archive.woz.org/letters/general/72.html |title=Letters-General Questions Answered |last=Wozniak |first=Steve |date=2002 |website=Woz.org |access-date=November 22, 2017 |location=Los Gatos, California |quote=I am also atheist or agnostic (I don't even know the difference). I've never been to church and prefer to think for myself. I do believe that religions stand for good things, and that if you make irrational sacrifices for a religion, then everyone can tell that your religion is important to you and can trust that your most important inner faiths are strong. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423142039/http://archive.woz.org/letters/general/72.html |archive-date=April 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Steve Wozniak|url=http://brianriley.us/interview_with_steve_wozniak.html|publisher=BrianRiley.us|access-date=August 17, 2014|author=Brian Riley|location=Davis, California|year=2012|quote=I'm kind of spiritual inside. I have a lot of philosophies of how to be a good person, how to treat people, and I've worked them out, thinking over and over, reflecting inside my mind the way shy people do, and I was very shy, and coming up with my own little keys and rules for life, and they stayed with me|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091301/http://brianriley.us/interview_with_steve_wozniak.html|url-status=dead}}.</ref>

He is a member of a [[Segway Polo]] team, the ''Silicon Valley Aftershocks'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Wozniak played in this year's Segway polo world championships|url=https://qz.com/462689/steve-wozniak-played-in-this-years-segway-polo-world-championships/|last=Dobush|first=Grace|website=Quartz|date=July 23, 2015|language=en|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209034331/https://qz.com/462689/steve-wozniak-played-in-this-years-segway-polo-world-championships/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is considered a "super fan" of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] ice hockey team [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |url=https://abc7news.com/san-jose-sharks-st-louis-western-conference-finals-game-2/5298627/ |title='This may be the year': San Jose Sharks super fan Steve Wozniak gives take on Game 2 vs. St Louis Blues |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509065335/https://abc7news.com/san-jose-sharks-st-louis-western-conference-finals-game-2/5298627/ |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |date=May 13, 2019 |website=ABC7 San Francisco}}</ref> In 1998, he co-authored with [[Larry Wilde]] ''The Official Computer Freaks Joke Book''. In 2006, he co-authored with [[Gina Smith (author)|Gina Smith]] his autobiography, ''[[iWoz]]: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It''. The book made [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref name=wozorg/>

Wozniak has discussed his personal disdain for money and accumulating large amounts of wealth. He told ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine in 2017, "I didn't want to be near money, because it could corrupt your values&nbsp;... I really didn't want to be in that super 'more than you could ever need' category." He also said that he only invests in things "close to his heart". When Apple first went public in 1980, Wozniak offered $10&nbsp;million of his own stock to early Apple employees, something Jobs refused to do.<ref name=CNBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/21/why-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-doesnt-trust-money.html|title=Why Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn't trust money|first=Emmie|last=Martin|website=[[CNBC]]|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807095758/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/21/why-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-doesnt-trust-money.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Wozniak received a Polish citizenship and visited [[Poland]] to meet with government and technology industry representatives and to visit his father’s hometown.<ref>{{cite web |last=Matczak |first=Marta |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Who is who? Steve Wozniak and his latest endeavors |url=https://nofluffjobs.com/log/off-duty-en/who-is-who-steve-wozniak-and-his-latest-endeavors/ |website=LOG. |location= |publisher= |url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240318020945/https://nofluffjobs.com/log/off-duty-en/who-is-who-steve-wozniak-and-his-latest-endeavors/ |archive-date = March 18,  2024 |access-date= April 6, 2025 |quote= Wozniak takes pride in his Polish heritage and culture, and in 2017, he was granted Polish citizenship and visited Poland to meet with government and technology industry representatives and to visit his father’s hometown.}}</ref>

He has the condition [[Prosopagnosia|prosopagnosia (face blindness)]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34188602 |title= Steve Wozniak: Shocked and amazed by Steve Jobs movie |last= Kelion |first= Leo |date= September 9, 2015 |website= [[BBC]] |access-date= August 22, 2015 |archive-date= September 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150909131606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34188602 |url-status= live }}</ref> Wozniak has expressed support for the [[right to repair]] movement. In July 2021, he made a [[Cameo (website)|Cameo]] video in response to right to repair activist [[Louis Rossmann]], in which he described the issue as something that has "really affected me emotionally", and credited Apple's early breakthroughs to open technology of the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 8, 2021|title=Apple founder Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57763037|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708220629/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57763037|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Wozniak Voices Strong Support for the Growing Right to Repair Movement|url=https://gizmodo.com/steve-wozniak-voices-strong-support-for-the-growing-rig-1847251718|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=Gizmodo|date=July 8, 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708212044/https://gizmodo.com/steve-wozniak-voices-strong-support-for-the-growing-rig-1847251718|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2023, Wozniak suffered a [[minor stroke]] while preparing to speak at a conference in Mexico City. He was hospitalized briefly before returning home.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Calderon |first=Veronica |date=November 9, 2023 |title=Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalized in Mexico City, source says  |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/tech/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-hospitalized-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=November 9, 2023 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="guard-9nov2023">{{cite news |title=Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalized for stroke in Mexico City |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/09/apple-steve-wozniak-hospitalized-stroke-mexico-city |access-date=November 9, 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> Wozniak became a [[Serbia]]n citizen in December 2023. He said that he and his wife Janet, who is also getting a passport, will from now on "promote" Serbia while living in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Stiv Voznijak dobio pasoš Srbije - Vučić rekao: Kompjuterski genije je Srbin - Politika - Dnevni list Danas |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/vucic-kompujterski-genije-je-srbin/ |access-date=December 6, 2023 |language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://apnews.com/article/wozniak-apple-serbia-passport-election-653c9e372f9a493e5a4359edcf06d7d4 |title= Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport, president says |date= December 6, 2023 |website= [[Associated Press]] |access-date= December 6, 2023 |archive-date= December 6, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231206210015/https://apnews.com/article/wozniak-apple-serbia-passport-election-653c9e372f9a493e5a4359edcf06d7d4 |url-status= live }}</ref>