What happened to the first 10 Apple employees

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Apple, unlike any other company in the world, has its identity tied to one individual: Steve Jobs.

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And without question, Jobs was the driving force that turned Apple into the world's most valuable tech company.

That's why there's been two new movies on Jobs this year - a documentary and a biopic. That's why there was another best-selling book on Jobs released this year.

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But, Jobs didn't do it alone.

He always had a team of talented people helping him build Apple. Most of them have been forgotten, which is why we've gathered information on the first 10 employees at Apple.

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Apple's first CEO, Michael Scott, gave us a bunch of color on the early days, and Steve Wozniak helped with a list of early employees, though it was based on his memory. We got our full list from another early employee.

The Apple employee numbers aren't the order each person joined the company. When Scott came to Apple he had to give out numbers to each employee to make life easier for the payroll department.