Business Elite: Hickory Pit and Vinyl-Clad Diner

business elite: The setting of the interview was unusual for the FT. The salmon pink daily is more widely known for its profiles of the buffed and manicured business elite, lounging in grand villas, chalets and penthouse pads, preferably in Davos or Cannes, according to The Independent. But Steve eating cherry pie in a washed-out T-shirt had certainly earned his column inches 30 years earlier, together with another Steve and an electronics industry worker called Ronald, the Hickory Pit's favourite tech geek created what would later become the world's largest publicly traded company. As Richard walked into a vinyl-clad diner called The Hickory Pit, Steve sat bearded and burly hunched over some sort of hand-held device, engrossed in a game of Tetris. ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 Join Independent Minds For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent With an Independent Minds subscription for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent Without the ads for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial His unremarkable appearance and the profoundly mundane setting of his encounter with the FT, convey a banality neatly reflected in the origins of the very firm he was instrumental in founding An experimental three-man band the original start-up, if you will that took a crazy punt on a simple motherboard and now has more cash than the vast majority of countries. It wormed its way on to the tech scene with a creation named the Apple I, a computer designed and built by Tetris-loving Wozniak, and sold for the ominous sum of 666.66 or about 2,900 in today's inflation-adjusted money. Growing the Apple Apple was founded on 1 April 1976 by the late Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.