When Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak became dizzy on Wednesday, he made a precautionary trip to the hospital and learned he had suffered a minor stroke. A day later, he said in an interview, the hospital released him and he was “fine.”
The health scare occurred during a trip to Mexico City, where Wozniak, 73, was scheduled to speak at a conference called the World Business Forum. Dizziness hit him while he was typing on his computer, he said. The hospital performed an MRI on him, he added, and determined that he had a small capillary leak in addition to symptoms of vertigo.
Wozniak flew home to Los Gatos, California, on Thursday and was waiting to be served dinner when he spoke to The New York Times. “I’m back home and I feel good,” he said.
The worst part of the experience, he said, was that the hospital required him to stay on a stretcher for 24 hours and did not allow him to roll on his side. The health problem, she added, means he will have to cancel several speaking trips in Dubai; Medellin Colombia; and Baku, Azerbaijan.
“That’s life for me in busy times,” Wozniak said of the trip.
Known as “Woz,” Mr. Wozniak partnered with Steve Jobs to build the first Apple computer in 1976. The business they created helped popularize the personal computer and became one of the most influential technology companies in the world.
Wozniak left Apple in the 1980s, but has remained close to the company and regularly attends its high-profile events. His Apple legend helped him build a huge fan base among technology enthusiasts, and his celebrity expanded beyond technology in 2009 after becoming a contestant on the popular show “Dancing With the Stars.” .
