APPLE

1. CEO: Tim Cook

1.1. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Worldwide Operations

1.2. He was named the CEO of Apple on August 24, 2011, when he succeeded Steve Jobs.

2. History

2.1. Founded: April 1, 1976; 39 years ago

2.1.1. Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne

2.2. Apple I: Apple's first product

2.3. In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh, the first personal computer to be sold without a programming language at all.

3. Industry: Electronics

4. Revenue: $183 000 000 000

5. Capitalization: $717 430 000 000

6. Employees: 80300

7. Headquarters: Cupertino, California

8. 437 Apple retail stores in 15 countries

9. Area served: Worldwide

10. Website www.apple.com