Daniel Kottke

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Daniel Kottke
Kottke in 2007
Born	(1954-04-04) April 4, 1954 (age 70) Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University (BA)
Known for	College friend of Steve Jobs and early employee of Apple Computer

Daniel Kottke (/ˈkɒtki/) is an American businessman known for having been a college friend of Steve Jobs and one of the first employees of Apple Inc. He met Jobs at Reed College in 1972, and they trekked together through India for spiritual enlightenment and to the All One Farm. In 1976, Kottke realized his interest in computers when Jobs hired him to assemble hobbyist computer projects and then to be a part-time employee at the newly founded Apple Computer. There, he debugged the Apple II family, prototyped the Apple III and Macintosh, and endured the IPO where Steve Wozniak assigned Kottke some of his own stock. He was portrayed in several films about Apple.