Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalised after ‘possible stroke’ | Tech News

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalised in Mexico City on Wednesday, with conflicting reports suggesting he suffered either a stroke or vertigo.

The 73-year-old scientist and tech entrepreneur appears to have been taken to hospital when ‘feeling strange’ after speaking at the World Business Forum in the Mexican capital’s Santa Fe neighborhood.

Event organisers did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, but an unnamed source at the WBF told CNN that Mr Wozniak, better known as Woz, had fainted at the event.

However, TMZ, citing sources with direct knowledge, reported that Wozniak finished his speech but then told his wife he was ‘feeling strange’. She reportedly insisted he go to the hospital.

The TMZ report said Wozniak may have suffered vertigo.

According to Mexico’s Reforma newspaper, Mr Wozniak is in a ‘stable’ condition and receiving ‘first-class treatment’.

His team is flying into Mexico City to see whether he needs to be repatriated to the US for further treatment.

In the 1976, Mr Wozniak – now worth an estimated $100 million – founded the fledgling Apple Computer company along with Steve Jobs, the acclaimed investor and longtime Apple CEO who died in 2011.

Their business pioneered personal computing and went on to be the world’s most valuable company, known for the design and functionality of a range of consumer electronics, including laptop and desktop computers, and the iPhone mobile phone.

Individuals affiliated with Wozniak’s website woz.org did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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