4. History
Jobs and Steve Wozniak met in 1971, when their
mutual friend, Bill Fernandez, introduced 21-
year-old Wozniak to 16-year-old Jobs.
Jobs was assigned Atari to create a circuit board
for the arcade video game Breakout.
Wozniak had designed a low-cost digital "blue
box" to generate the necessary tones to
manipulate the telephone network, allowing free
long-distance calls.
5. Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve
Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to sell
the Apple I personal computer kit.
6. Mission
Apple is committed to bringing the best personal
computing experience to
students, educators, creative professionals and
consumers around the world through its innovative
hardware, software and Internet offerings.
7. Vision
To make a contribution to the world by making
tools for the mind that advance humankind.
8. Products and Services
Company makes hardware and as well as software.
âą Mac family - Mac book, Mac Pro, Mac mini etc
âą iPod
âą iPhone
âą iPad
âą iCloud
âą Apple TV
âą Computer accessories
9. Facts and Figures
In its fiscal year ending in September 2011, Apple Inc.
hit new heights financially with $108 billion in
revenues (increased significantly from $65 billion in
2010) and nearly $82 billion in cash reserves. Apple
achieved these results while losing market share in
certain product categories.
10. On August 20, 2012 Apple closed at a record share
price of $665.15,With 936,596,000 outstanding shares
(as of June 30, 2012), it had a market capitalization of
$622.98 billion. This is the highest nominal market
capitalization ever reached by a publicly traded
company and surpasses a record set by Microsoft in
1999.
The company had 60,400 permanent full-time
employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees
worldwide.
11. It is the largest publicly traded company in the world
by market capitalization.
The company is the largest technology company in the
world by revenue and profit, more than Google and
Microsoft combined.
Apple has 364 retail stores in thirteen countries as well
as an online store, Apple Store.
There's now 315 million iOS devices out in the
marketplace in the market overall.
12. Apple Won Over Jury in Samsung Patent
Dispute, Awarded $1.05 Billion in Damages.
