Apple

Apple Inc. is a global technology firm based in the United States that specializes in consumer goods, software, and online services. Apple is the world's most valuable firm and the world's largest technology company by sales (totaling $274.5 billion in 2020). Apple is the fourth-largest PC vendor by unit sales[9] and fourth-largest smartphone maker in the world as of 2021. Along with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, it is one of the Big Five American information technology businesses.

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne created Apple in 1976 to build and market Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Jobs and Wozniak formed Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977, and the company's computers, especially the Apple II, soon became popular. It went public in 1980 and became a financial success almost immediately. Apple launched additional computers with novel graphical user interfaces throughout the following few years, including the first Macintosh, which was unveiled with the highly acclaimed advertising "1984". However, issues arose as a result of the company's high prices and restricted application library, as well as power disputes among management. In 1985, Wozniak and Jobs left ways amicably, with Jobs resigning to create NeXT and bringing with him some Apple coworkers.

Apple became the first publicly listed corporation in the United States to be valued at over $1 trillion in August 2018, and the first to be valued at over $2 trillion two years later. It has a high level of brand loyalty and is the most valuable brand in the world; 1.65 billion Apple devices are in use worldwide as of January 2021. However, the corporation has been chastised for its contractors' labor abuses, environmental policies, and corporate ethics, including anti-competitive activity and materials sourcing.

Headquarters: Cupertino, California, United States

Website: https://www.apple.com/store