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The
73-year-old scientist and tech entrepreneur was scheduled to
participate in a World Business Forum event in the Mexican
capital's Santa Fe neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon.
Event organizers did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. Wozniak had been set to speak at the conference at 4:20
p.m. local time.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the reports that Wozniak
had been hospitalized.
U.S. media outlet TMZ, citing sources with direct knowledge,
reported that Wozniak finished his speech but then told his wife
he was "feeling strange". She reportedly insisted he go to the
hospital.
The TMZ report said Wozniak may have suffered vertigo.
In the 1976, Wozniak founded the fledgling Apple Computer
company along with his more famous business partner Steve Jobs,
the acclaimed investor and longtime Apple CEO who died in 2011.
Their business pioneered personal computing and went on to be
the world's most valuable company, known for the design and
functionality of a range of consumer electronics, including
laptop and desktop computers, and the iPhone mobile phone.
Individuals affiliated with Wozniak's website woz.org did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Anthony Esposito and Valentine Hilaire, additional
reporting by Daniel Trotta in California; Editing by David Alire
Garcia and Shri Navaratnam and Miral Fahmy)
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