Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computer maker to include consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007..

Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, software, Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, iPod (offered with up to 120 GB of storage with the iPod classic or with web browsing and touch screen controls with the iPod touch), and the iPhone (now available for sale in over 80 countries).

Milestones

Acquired Placebase. (7/09)
Posted 9/30/09 at 8:14pm
Invested in Imagination Technologies. (6/26/09)
Posted 6/26/09 at 8:11am
Invested in Imagination Technologies. (12/08)
Posted 6/22/09 at 11:31am
Apple — Apple Sells 6.9 Million iPhones in Q4 of 2008 (10/21/08)
Posted 10/21/08 at 3:28pm
Acquired PA Semi for $278M. (4/23/08)
Posted 5/21/08 at 1:58pm
Acquired Silicon Color. (10/16/06)
Posted 12/9/08 at 2:05pm
Acquired Emagic for $30M. (7/1/02)
Posted 12/9/08 at 2:13pm
Acquired Propel Software. (6/20/02)
Posted 12/9/08 at 2:13pm
Acquired Zayante. (4/4/02)
Posted 12/9/08 at 2:40pm
Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:AAPL. (1980)
Posted 2/8/08 at 9:17pm
Tom Conrad, Senior Engineer added.
Posted 5/21/08 at 8:55pm
Scott Forstall, SVP iPhone Software added.
Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
Daniel Cooperman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary added.
Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
Steve Wozniak, Co-founder added.
Posted 11/18/08 at 12:45pm
Romain Bohdanowicz, Sales Manager Assistant added.
Posted 10/23/08 at 9:46am
Tom McInerney, Engineer / Scientist added.
Posted 9/9/08 at 3:03pm
Philip Schiller, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Apple added.
Posted 8/5/08 at 10:30am
Don Valentine, Board Member added.
Posted 7/9/08 at 2:17pm
Phil Torrone, VP of Product Design added.
Posted 7/7/08 at 11:00am
Steve Chazin, Sr. Director added.
Posted 6/30/08 at 10:28am
Lynne Raimondo, HR Manager added.
Posted 6/26/08 at 3:19pm
Brent Harrison, VP added.
Posted 5/24/08 at 12:29pm
Lewis Cirne, Sr. Engineer added.
Posted 5/23/08 at 6:52am
Peter Oppenheimer, CFO, SVP added.
Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
Collin Croome, New Media Consultant added.
Posted 5/10/08 at 12:14am
Al Gore, Board of Directors added.
Posted 5/1/08 at 10:41am
Toby Farrand, Principal Designer added.
Posted 4/10/08 at 7:49am
Dave Morin, Manager, Higher Education Marketing at Apple added.
Posted 3/25/08 at 1:35pm
Dave Morin, Manager, Creation and Collaboration added.
Posted 3/25/08 at 1:35pm
Eric Schmidt, Board of Directors added.
Posted 3/21/08 at 9:39am
Arthur D. Levinson, Board of Directors added.
Posted 3/21/08 at 9:39am
Andrea Jung, Board of Directors added.
Posted 3/21/08 at 9:39am
Millard Drexler, Board of Directors added.
Posted 3/21/08 at 9:39am
Bill Campbell, Board of Directors added.
Posted 3/21/08 at 9:39am
Eric Hoffert, Manager, Multimedia Communications added.
Posted 2/17/08 at 7:27am
Timothy Cook, COO added.
Posted 12/22/07 at 12:42am
Steve Jobs, CEO added.
Posted 12/22/07 at 12:42am
Philip W. Schiller, SVP Worldwide Marketing added.
Posted 12/9/08 at 3:14pm
Tim Cook, COO added.
Posted 1/14/09 at 2:02pm
Jon Rubinstein, SVP of iPod Divison added.
Posted 6/14/09 at 11:42am
Robert Granholm, Genius Administrator added.
Posted 6/25/09 at 8:18pm
Nate Johnson, Sr. Manager, Student Marketing added.
Posted 8/10/09 at 1:05pm
Laurent Ruben, Product Manager Assistant added.
Posted 8/25/09 at 6:08pm
Dave Lu, Product Marketing Intern added.
Posted 9/7/09 at 11:02pm
Alice Lankester, Multimedia Product Marketing Manager added.
Posted 10/8/09 at 3:48pm
Lili Cheng, user interface researcher added.
Posted 10/15/09 at 8:04am
Kai-Fu Lee, ice President, Interactive Media Group added.
Posted 10/15/09 at 10:34am