Chris Espinosa is Apple’s longest-serving employee. He joined the company in 1976 at just 14 years old, writing BASIC code when Apple was still operating out of Steve Jobs’ garage.
Chris Espinosa holds the unique distinction of being Apple’s longest-serving employee, having joined the company in 1976 at just 14 years old. A Bay Area teenager fascinated by computers, he began working alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when Apple was still run out of Jobs’ parents’ garage in Los Altos, California.
While attending high school, Espinosa wrote BASIC code and helped create user manuals for the Apple II, one of Apple’s earliest and most influential machines. His employee badge number—8—underscores just how early he became part of the company’s journey.
Over nearly five decades, Espinosa has watched Apple grow from a tiny startup into one of the world’s most valuable corporations. He has worked under every CEO in Apple’s history and contributed across software, developer tools, and documentation. Despite countless opportunities elsewhere, he remained loyal, often quipping that he “joined Apple before it was a company.” Today, his career stands as a living connection to Apple’s origins and a rare example of lifelong dedication in Silicon Valley.
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