Elmer Baum

Elmer Baum (November 7, 1917 – January 23, 1993) was an early manager at Apple Computer and first seed investor of the predecessor Apple Computer Company.

Education
Baum was raised in and received a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the. He earned his M.B.A. from.

Career
During, Baum designed communications equipment for the. He then worked at in. In 1965, Baum joined the Stanford Research Institute, where he met Douglas Engelbart.

In 1976, Elmer Baum loaned $5000 to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who were friends of his son Allen, so that they could build the Apple I computer. Elmer noted that they "paid it back fairly quickly"; Jobs said that without the loan, "we wouldn't have made it." Elmer was hired as employee #34 of the newly incorporated Apple Computer in 1978. His sons Allen and Peter also joined Apple.

Death
Elmer Baum passed away due to in 1993. He was interred with his late wife Charlotte at Los Gatos Memorial Park in San Jose, California.

Articles

 * These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful by Jim Edwards at Business Insider (2013-12-26)