Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. Its name was changed to its current one in 2007 as the company expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics.
Hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, and the Apple TV digital media player. Consumer software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites. Online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple employed 166,000 full-time equivalent workers at the end of fiscal year 2025 (September 27, 2025), its highest headcount ever. The company recorded $416 billion in annual revenue that same year, translating to roughly $2.5 million in revenue per employee. Apple is considered one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
Recent Leadership News
Tim Cook became Apple Executive Chairman and John Ternus became Apple CEO on April 20, 2026.
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