Meet Chris Espinosa: Apple’s longest-serving employee who joined firm at 14

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hired Chris Espinosa when he was 14 and still in school which makes him the tech giant’s longest-serving employee. Chris Espinosa joined Apple in 1977 and initially started working part-time in the company. The company was incorporated in 1977 by Steve Jobs and Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak, after which Chris Espinosa became an official employee- employee number 8 of the company.

At the time, Chris Espinosa tested the Apple II BASIC operating system during his Christmas holidays. When Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 to launch education computer company NeXT, Chris Espinosa was a senior employee at Apple and held the position even after Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997.