San Jose Massage Parlors: 3rd Apple co-founder cost himself billions
3rd Apple co-founder cost himself billions
Now on Social Security, Ron Wayne says he doesn’t second-guess himself
It’s usually past midnight when Ron Wayne heads into town. Averting his eyes from the abandoned mobile homes, he drives past Terrible’s Lakeside Casino & RV Park, then makes a left at the massage parlor shaped like a castle.
When he arrives at that night’s casino of choice, Wayne makes a beeline for the penny slot machines. If it’s the middle of the month and he has just cashed his Social Security check, he will battle the one-armed bandits until 2 a.m. Wayne is waiting to hit the jackpot, and he is long overdue.
Wayne, 76, was present at the birth of cool April 1, 1976: Co-founder, along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, of Apple Computer Inc., Wayne designed the company’s original logo, wrote the manual for the Apple I computer and drafted the fledgling company’s partnership agreement.