When Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, suffered a dizzy spell on Wednesday, he took a precautionary journey to the hospital and discovered that he had suffered a minor stroke. A day later, he stated in an interview, the hospital launched him and he was “doing good.”

The well being scare got here throughout a visit to Mexico Metropolis, the place Mr. Wozniak, 73, was slated to talk at a convention known as the World Enterprise Discussion board. The dizzy spell hit him as he was typing at his pc, he stated. The hospital did an M.R.I., he added, and decided that he had a small capillary leak in addition to signs of vertigo.

Mr. Wozniak flew house to Los Gatos, Calif., on Thursday and was ready for dinner to be served when he talked with The New York Occasions. “I’m again house and feeling good,” he stated.

The worst a part of the expertise, he stated, was that the hospital required him to remain on a gurney for twenty-four hours and wouldn’t let him roll onto his facet. The well being scare, he added, signifies that he must cancel numerous journeys for talking engagements in Dubai; Medellín, Colombia; and Baku, Azerbaijan.

“That’s life for me within the busy occasions,” Mr. Wozniak stated of the journey.

Often called “Woz,” Mr. Wozniak teamed with Steve Jobs to construct the first Apple pc in 1976. The enterprise they constructed helped popularize the private pc and have become one of many world’s most influential expertise firms.

Mr. Wozniak left Apple within the Eighties however has remained near the corporate and frequently attends its high-profile occasions. His legend at Apple helped him construct an enormous fan base amongst tech lovers, and his movie star broadened past tech in 2009 after he grew to become a contestant on the favored present “Dancing With the Stars.”