The Sad Story of Apple’s Third Co-Founder

42 thoughts on “The Sad Story of Apple’s Third Co-Founder”

1. Life is about taking chances. No risk. No reward. He chose no risk…and got zero reward.

2. Wow … When it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be

3. The steves should give him so millions.

4. Wayne was from OHIO

5. At least he didn’t become a “Heisenberg”. 😂 Or is he?…..

6. Thanks!

7. to sum it up for Mr, Wayne. its not about the money

8. Sad to see people who project him as a loser or use him as metaphor for being loser (such as Silicon valley, Erlic Bachmann), a complete truth is essential to understand the situation. After watching this episode I got to know the complete truth hence a respect for him and the maker of this video.
   Tq for bringing this up, good to know

9. Yes he lost the money but he didnt waste his life like jobs, so whats the best deal?

10. Some people just arent meant to be in business ! Things happen for a reason ( even that contract he sold at the end of this video was a big facepalm )

11. He better sell them coins

12. strong character

13. After the robbery, Apple should have sent him a $1M severance check.

14. jobs and wozniak must really be nice guys to help out by giving him the change from their car floor when he was robbed…NOT!

15. Twice he lost out on being a millionaire.🤔🧐😄

16. We all have regrets and missed opportunities in life, and many of them are related to money. There is a dark side to Apple, and I guess Wayne knew it and didn't want to be involved. He seems like an honest reliable man.

17. Wayne was too genuine for Apple

18. I agree the business of riding this train to the end would have been a hard ride with most of us jumping off well before now, it's like trying to keep 10,000 bitcoins in your wallet from the start when they were worth a fraction of a penny each.

19. My dad got burned on businesses in the 80s, and became very conservative the rest of his real estate career, because the pain he endured from the failed businesses, he never wanted to experience again. Understandable with what this guy went through early on.

20. it's obvious he's not a good businessman. he's just too damn honest.

21. Your $229 billion is simplistic to the point of ridiculousness. The proper computation would be based on the number of shares owned, accommodating for new investment dilution, employee options, warrants, convertible preferred securities, stock splits, etc. Once the current number shares owned is calculated, then applying that number by the current share value can yield an approximate current total value.

22. Well damn. How the hell does everything that could go bad go bad for this guy!! He is so nice. It seems.

23. That Hurts

24. $800… So very sad..

25. I can't help but wonder why these Apple billionaires just couldn't see their way clear
    to help this unfortunate past partner after the poor guy took such a financial hit.

    I wonder if they feel showing him just a little financial kindness would have put them in 
    the poor house!🫤 … ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

26. it always happened to me. i would be waiting endlessly for a bus and would leave the stop and soon the bus would pass me leaving me totally disppointed with my decision.

27. These are clearly mistakes. Staying with the company for a several more years would have enabled Ronald Wayne to be financially independent, to better live his dreams.

28. If you don't want to be a predator, then at least make sure that you are not prey. When you see a window of opportunity, don't let it slam shut on your fingers. Don't keep all of your eggs in one basket.

29. But he's still alive!

30. If anyone out there knows Wayne, show him the comment section of this video. He may not have gotten rich, but having this many people admire your character is much more impressive.

31. Making money is an action. Keeping money is behavior,but"Growing money is knowledge"I figured this out a week ago💯.

32. Eccentric!

33. he was 40 yrs at the time apple started, like who wouldn't be scared of a business failing? cant really blame him.

34. So he was almost 20 years older than Jobs and Wozniak, and yet he outlived them both. Perhaps it has something to do with him getting out.. perhaps not. But kinda makes you wonder the pressure Apple had on the other two

35. I was in the middle of this. Atari, Androbot and half a dozen other startups. I'd love for you to do a vid on my old friend, John Draper. AKA, Captain Crunch. He was mixed up in Apple early on. If needed, I can supply some background.

36. I know Mr. Wayne well. He currently lives in Pahrump where I own an IT company. He occasionally calls us to help fix his computer issues.

37. Mad respects to him for his keen awareness of his interest and personal limitations. Reminds me of Warren Buffet when he said his reasons in why he is not pursuing cryptocurrencies.

38. If I was Tim Cook, I would get a little investigative team to check out Ronald's story, then if all pans out and he is the good man that Steve and Steve said he was, I would offer him a stock gift because he espoused the kind and constructive values that supported Apple in its formative years, values that it purports to still have. Of course, they may have already thought about this but their inhouse legal team would have warned about many other people coming out of the woodwork to claim they deserve the same. So bummer…

39. If you want to be rich just follow this guy around and do what he decides to not do

40. Maybe Wayne leaving was what allowed Apple to succeed. Assuming Apple would have made it if he stayed is just that. An assumption. Probably, not not guaranteed.

41. Even though he said he was happy with his decision I bet he wasn't. It's like selling a stock early on loss, and it goes up exponentially right after you sold it. It's one of the worst feeling.

42. Building wealth involves developing good habits like regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. Financial management is a crucial topic that most tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future. Putting our time and effort in activities and investments that will yield a profitable return in the future is what we should be aiming for. Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. "You're not going to remember those expensive shoes you bought ten years ago, but you will remember every single morning when you look at your bank account that extra 0 in there. I promise, that's going to be way more fun to look at everyday", I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life too, 🙏🙏🙏

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