Woz To Be Immortalized In Wax
Written by Sue Gee   
Sunday, 31 May 2015

As the result of a public vote, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will be the next tech pioneer to be cast as a waxwork by Madame Tussauds. Once his statue is complete Steve Wozniak will be on display next to Steve Jobs in San Francisco.

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Having already made wax figures of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, the Madame Tussauds museum recently put out a call for nominations for who should be next, with the stipulation that the nominees have a connection with the Bay Area. The shortlist was then whittled down to ten, including Google co-founder Larry Page, Tesla's Elon Musk, Marc Benioff of Salesforce, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer of Yahoo.

 

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Any of them would look great as wax figures, but outcome of the public vote was a clear winner - Steve Wozniak.

Woz, who is in the process of moving to Australia, is thrilled to be continuing to have a presence on the West Coast of the United States. He said: 

“I am incredibly excited to be inducted into the Madame Tussauds family. I remember visiting the London Museum as a kid, and how cool it was to see Mark Knopfler’s figure in wax. I can’t wait to see my figure next to Jobs – it’ll be just like old times.”

 

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Having co-founded Apple and been the electronics genius responsible for the hardware of the Apple I and II, Woz ended his active involvement with Apple in 1987, although remaining on the payroll and a shareholder. In recent years much of his time had been devoted to philanthropy and public speaking.

 

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For the story of the way in which Woz and Steve Jobs formed the computer company that still dominates after 40 year follow the links below.

 

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"Woz" wins vote to be immortalized in wax

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