Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffers a stroke whereas attending a enterprise convention

MEXICO CITY — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he suffered a minor stroke whereas attending a enterprise convention in Mexico City.

Wozniak advised ABC News in a textual content Thursday that he felt dizzy Wednesday morning, then skilled vertigo earlier than going to the hospital the place a MRI revealed he had had a “minor but real stroke.”

Wozniak, 73, had been scheduled to talk on the World Business Forum in Mexico City, a two-day gathering billed because the world’s most essential administration occasion. Other marketed audio system had been Carly Fiorina, the previous CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in microfinance who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The convivial Wozniak, who teamed up with the late Steve Jobs to discovered Apple in 1976, had been scheduled because the convention’s closing speaker Wednesday afternoon.

Wozniak advised the New York Times that he was launched from the hospital Thursday, flew again to California and was ready for dinner at residence in Los Gatos. “I’m back home and feeling good,” Wozniak stated.

Wozniak left Apple in 1985 to pursue a variety of different curiosity, however has remained a fervent supporter of the corporate and a expertise evangelist. More just lately he has pursued a variety of different pursuits together with competing on “Dancing With The Stars” in 2009 and taking part as a decide in an internet video present referred to as “Unicorn Hunters” that assesses concepts from entrepreneurs vying to construct startups probably value $1 billion or extra.

While dabbling in different startups, Wozniak additionally has helped maintain alive the reminiscence of his longtime pal, Jobs, who died of most cancers in 2011.