Apple is a multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.
Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings.
It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores.
Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation.
Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine.
The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Post-IPO Debt - Apple | ||||
Post-IPO Equity - Apple | ||||
Post-IPO Equity - Apple | ||||
Seed Round - Apple |
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Berkshire Hathaway | Post-IPO Equity - Apple | ||
Microsoft | Post-IPO Equity - Apple | ||
Sequoia Capital | Seed Round - Apple | ||
Mike Markkula | Seed Round - Apple |
Acquired Organization Name | Announced Date | Price | Transaction Name |
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PullString | PullString acquired by Apple | ||
DataTiger | DataTiger acquired by Apple | ||
Platoon | Platoon acquired by Apple | ||
Silk Labs | Silk Labs acquired by Apple | ||
Asaii | Asaii acquired by Apple | ||
Dialog Semiconductor | Dialog Semiconductor acquired by Apple | ||
Akonia Holographics | Akonia Holographics acquired by Apple | ||
Texture by Next Issue | Texture by Next Issue acquired by Apple | ||
Next Issue Media | Next Issue Media acquired by Apple | ||
Shazam Entertainment | Shazam Entertainment acquired by Apple |
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TestFlight | ||
GarageBand | ||
Move to iOS | ||
Apple Music | ||
iMovie | ||
Shortcuts | ||
Apple Support | ||
Apple Store | ||
Apple TV Remote | ||
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eMagin | Post-IPO Equity - eMagin | |||
Finisar | Grant - Finisar | |||
Corning | Post-IPO Equity - Corning | |||
Didi Chuxing | Funding Round - Didi Chuxing | |||
Volley Labs | Seed Round - Volley Labs | |||
ELAN Microelectronics | Venture Round - ELAN Microelectronics | |||
Imagination Technologies | Post-IPO Equity - Imagination Technologies | |||
Imagination Technologies | Post-IPO Equity - Imagination Technologies | |||
Kanisa | Venture Round - Kanisa | |||
Adobe Systems | Venture Round - Adobe Systems |
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The China Clean Energy Fund |
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James Aldous | |||
Zac Rowley | |||
Xiaolang Zhang | |||
Ryan Walker | |||
Eliraz Shor |
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