The Forgotten Third Co-Founder of Apple’s Empire

Ronald Gerald Wayne , the lesser known Co founder of the Apple computer company, is a living example of the cautionary tale about letting your past failures blind you from success.

Wayne was a gifted engineer, but running a business wasn't something that he excelled at.

The failure of his business was a deeply traumatic experience for Wayne and shaped his tendency to avoid risk moving forward, a key part to the story.

Ronald Wayne sold his share of Apple Computer to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak for $ 800 .

Wayne was responsible for writing the manual for the Apple one, and he also designed Apple 's first logo, a Victorian woodcut style image of Isaac Newton sitting beneath an apple tree around the border.

Wayne quit Apple just 12 days after signing the agreement, Wayne had resigned.

Today a 10% share in Apple would be worth $229 billion , but it's safe to say that Wayne would comfortably be a multi millionaire, perhaps even a billionaire.

Ronald Wayne is now living in a mobile Home Park in Nevada where he still collects stamps, rare coins and other artifacts.

Wayne regularly states that he does not regret the decision to leave the company.

In the early 90s , he sold his original copy of his Apple contract for $ 500.00 .