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Ronald Wayne

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Ronald Gerald Wayne (born May 17, 1934) is an American retired electronics industry business executive. He co-founded Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Wayne has received more than 3,721,162 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ronald Wayne is the 46th most popular businessperson (up from 75th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from United States (up from 815th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Businessperson.

Ronald Wayne was the third co-founder of Apple Computers, and he is most famous for selling his 10% stake in the company for $800.

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  • 66.56

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ronald Wayne ranks 46 out of 601Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Ettore Bugatti, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Soichiro Honda, Robert Kiyosaki, and Bernie Madoff. After him are Thomas Cook, Sergei Diaghilev, Joan Gamper, Dietrich Mateschitz, Rudolf Dassler, and Henri Nestlé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ronald Wayne ranks 27Before him are Ulrike Meinhof, Empress Michiko, Alexei Leonov, Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, and Richard Chamberlain. After him are Pierre Richard, Paco Rabanne, Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Larisa Latynina, and Abimael Guzmán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronald Wayne ranks 493 out of 18,182Before him are John Coltrane (1926), David Copperfield (1956), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Prince (1958), Crazy Horse (1840), and Warren Beatty (1937). After him are Lou Reed (1942), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), John Huston (1906), Liza Minnelli (1946), Richard Widmark (1914), and Owen Chamberlain (1920).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ronald Wayne ranks 19Before him are Steve Ballmer (1956), Hugh Hefner (1926), J. P. Morgan (1837), J. Paul Getty (1892), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), and Bernie Madoff (1938). After him are Robert Kardashian (1944), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Martin Cooper (1928), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Robert McNamara (1916), and Larry Ellison (1944).

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