Steve Wozniak has always viewed wealth as a dangerous force. While Apple evolved into one of the most valuable companies in history, Wozniak stayed wary of money’s influence. In 2017 he said openly that he didn’t want to be around money at all — because he believed it could distort your principles. That philosophy shaped one of the most defining moments in Apple’s early history. When Apple went public in 1980, many early employees who helped build the company from scratch weren’t given IPO share