Apple’s third co-founder insists he still owns 10% of Apple

Apparently Ron Wayne wasn’t splitting hairs. Despite quitting after 12 days, and being paid off twice, the third Apple co-founder has doubled-down on his odd claim of still owning 10% of the company.

Elderly man in a suit speaks into a microphone at a seated event, surrounded by listening attendees, including a man in a red polo shirt beside him.

Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne at the Computer History Museum — image credit: CHM

When Ron Wayne first raised this point in March 2026 at the Computer History Museum, it sounded like splitting hairs. He said that he had never sold the 10% stake he originally had in Apple, but he appeared to want to clear up a point of pedantry.

Since Wayne quit Apple, he strictly speaking didn’t own the 10% and that’s why he could never have sold it. This seemed like a tiny point of clarification, and no more.

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