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Apple Inc.
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Apple Campus (1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California)
Type
Public
Traded as
NASDAQ: AAPL
Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component
Industry
Computer hardware
Computer software
Consumer electronics
Digital distribution
Founded
Cupertino, California, U.S.
(April 1, 1976; 39 years ago)
Founders
Steve Jobs ·
Steve Wozniak ·
Ronald Wayne
Headquarters
Apple Campus, Cupertino, California, U.S.
Number of locations
437 Apple retail stores in 15 countries (October 2014)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Arthur D. Levinson (Chairman)[1]
Tim Cook (CEO)
Products
Mac ·
iPod ·
iPhone ·
iPad ·
iPad Mini ·
Apple TV ·
Apple Watch ·
OS X ·
iLife ·
iWork ·
iOS
Services
Apple Store ·
Apple Store online ·
Mac App Store ·
iOS App Store ·
iTunes Store ·
iBooks ·
iCloud
Revenue
Increase US$ 182.795 billion (2014)[2]
Operating income
Increase US$ 52.503 billion (2014)[2]
Net income
Increase US$ 39.510 billion (2014)[2]
Total assets
Increase US$ 231.839 billion (2014)[2]
Total equity
Decrease US$ 111.547 billion (2014)[2]
Number of employees
98,000 (2014)[3]
Subsidiaries
FileMaker Inc. ·
Anobit ·
Braeburn Capital ·
Beats Electronics
Website
www.apple.com
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, and the Apple Watch smartwatch. Its online services include iCloud, the iTunes Store, and the App Store. Apple's consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers.[4] It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9, 2007, to reflect its shifted focus towards consumer electronics. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average on March 19, 2015.[5]
Apple is the world's second-largest information technology company by revenue after Samsung Electronics, world's largest technology company by Total Assets and the world's third-largest mobile phone maker. On November 25, 2014, in addition to being the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization, Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at over $700 billion.[6] As of 2014, Apple employs 72,800 permanent full-time employees, maintains 437 retail stores in fifteen countries,[7] and operates the online Apple Store and iTunes Store, the latter of which is the world's largest music retailer.
Apple's worldwide annual revenue in 2014 totaled US$182 billion (FY end October 2014[8]). Apple enjoys a high level of brand loyalty and, according to the 2014 edition of the Interbrand Best Global Brands report, is the world's most valuable brand with a valuation of $118.9 billion.[9] By the end of 2014, the corporation continued to manage significant criticism regarding the labor practices of its contractors, as well as for its environmental and business practices, including the origins of source materials.