Kottke was one of Jobs' friends at Reed, then later traveled with him to India and also was one of Apple's first employees, helping to assemble computers in the garage. He stayed with Apple for eight years.

The story Winer is referring to is how Kottke never got any stock options. According to Isaacson's book, Jobs refused to even talk to him about the issue, instead brushing him off and steering him toward other execs who told him that as a technician he was ineligible for any options.

Eventually, Wozniak ended up giving Kottke some of his own options.

I'd like to express my interest in this as well if someone could please share. I keep seeing it mentioned passively.

Kottke was a close friend to Jobs and an early Apple employee; when the time of the Apple IPO came around, Jobs denied him any stock options. Wozniak, on the other hand, gave shares to employees he felt had been left out, including Kottke...