44 years ago, three brave men came together to create a company – Apple Computer Company. These men were Steve Jobs (deceased), Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Bet you didn’t know that they were three at the beginning.
Well after 12 days, Ronald sold his 10% share of the company to the two Steves for $800 and left the company. He provided administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture. One year later, he accepted a final US$1,500 to forfeit any potential future claims against the newly legally incorporated Apple, totaling $2,300.
The first Apple device released was the Apple I in July 1976 and it sold for $666.66. About 200 units were produced, and all but 25 were sold within nine or ten months.
Steve Wozniak quit in 1985, leaving Steve Jobs to take over the helm of affairs. Steve Jobs helped to create the giant company as it is now.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud.
Apple became the world’s first company to record a market capitalization of $1 trillion, and subsequently passed the $1.3 trillion threshold in Dec. 2019.
Tim Cook is the current chief executive officer of Apple Inc., and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer under its cofounder Steve Jobs.
The company is still in the forefront of innovation with the recent introduction of the new MacBook Air and iPad Pro in 2020.
