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Apple Startup
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Inc. with the Apple I, which was introduced to the world at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Apple Inc. began in Job's parents' garage with the funding the two men got from selling their minivan and a calculator. -
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Apple II
Apple Inc. finally began to take off when the Apple II made an appearance at a local computer trade show. -
Apple III
Apple Inc. grew so much that by the time the Apple III was released, Apple had hired several thousand employees and began to sell computers everywhere. -
Wozniak Crashes
Wozniak was injured in a plane crash and didn’t come back from his leave of absence, making Jobs the chairman of Apple Inc. -
Rise of the Macintosh
During the third quarter of Super Bowl XVII Apple aired its infamous 60 second commercial introducing the Macintosh. -
Jobs: Fired and Re-Hired
Jobs was fired from Apple, and with John Sculley (former president of Pepsi-Cola) as the new CEO, Apple Inc. began to go downhill fast. Until Apple hired Jobs back, that is!
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Apple Back on Top
Apple got back on top with the release of the iMac, the most easy-to-assemble and use computer of its time. -
Introducing: The iPod
The release of the iPod was followed by a buying frenzy, making Apple more profitable than ever. -
Jobs Under the Weather
Jobs took a medical leave due to his failing health, and Apple’s stock fell by almost 10% during his absence. -
Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer that began in his teens to early twenties due to exposure to toxins when he worked at Silicon Valley. -
Apple Inc. Today
Tim Cook is the current CEO of Apple, which reports to have quarterly revenue of $42.1 billion and a quarterly net profit of $8.5 billion.
