Posted on 12/18/2014 2:58:24 PM PST by Star Traveler
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has officially become an Australian resident, is planning to make the Apple Isle his home appropriately enough and says one day hed like it said he lived and died an Australian. The man who formed Apple with Steve Jobs in California back in 1976 has just had permanent residency stamped in his passport.
He originally applied for Australian citizenship in 2012. Hes since taken steps to move more aspects of his life Down Under; in October he became an adjunct professor at the University of Technology in Sydney. He says hes thinking about a citizenship ceremony.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Australian Financial Review, Wozniak praised current Apple chief executive Tim Cook for breaking free from Steve Jobss dogma by allowing a big-screen iPhone to be made.
Wozniak says his decision to make Australia home came after he received an email from old friend, Sydney-based barrister Nicholas Baltinos, alerting him to the fact it could be a possibility.
With a son married to an Aussie and resident in Sydney, and a fondness for the local culture, Wozniak says he plunged into the lengthy series of visa applications, medicals and FBI checks before finally being accepted.
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I was unaware that the “Apple Isle” refers to Tasmania. I thought the author was classifying the entirety of Australia as an island. My apologies.
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