How Atari's Nolan Bushnell turned down Steve Jobs' offer of a third of Apple at $50,000

By Tim Biggs
Updated June 5 2015 - 10:33am, first published March 25 2015 - 7:25am
No regrets: Nolan Bushnell appears on ABC television. Photo: ABC
No regrets: Nolan Bushnell appears on ABC television. Photo: ABC
Ron Wayne was also given the opportunity to make billions at Apple but passed on it.
Ron Wayne was also given the opportunity to make billions at Apple but passed on it.

Given a time machine, many people might say their first order of business would be to go back to the 70s and buy a big chunk of Apple stock. For Nolan Bushnell, founder of video game company Atari, this is not so much a fantasy as a very real opportunity that he passed up nearly 40 years ago.

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