Learn more about one of the biggest companies in the world with these awesome facts about Apple.
- Apple was founded in 1976 on April Fool’s Day (1st April).
- Steve Jobs came up with the name Apple simply because he really liked the fruit.
- It is rumoured that Steve Jobs founded Apple in a garage but he actually created the business from his bedroom.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook sometimes has lunch with random Apple employees in the cafeteria. He simply sits down beside them and starts a conversation.
- When demonstrating the iPhone for the first time Steve Jobs prank called a local Starbucks.
- Steve Jobs’ salary as CEO was $1 per year.
- When the iPhone was being developed, Apple employees referred to it using the codename “M68” to prevent people from overhearing and working out what Apple was doing.
- Apple once tried to launch its own clothing line.
- Apple has more operating cash than the US treasury.
- To raise cash for their new company, Steve Jobs sold his van and Steve Wozniak sold his scientific calculator.
- Apple has a global security team that recruits former Secret Service and FBI employees.
- Apple has actually developed several products that failed including a digital camera and a PlayStation.
- Apple is so secretive about new products that employees do not actually know what new product they are working on.
- Apple has so much spare cash it could purchase Facebook, Netflix or Tesla.
- The company’s first slogan was “Byte into an Apple”.
- One of the potential designs for Apple’s logo featured Issac Newton.
- When Apple designers are working on a brand new product screens are put up around their desks so no one else can see what they are working on.
- Former US Vice President Al Gore serves on Apple’s Board of Directors.
- Smoking near an Apple product invalidates its warranty.
- Steve Jobs came up with the idea for a touchscreen tablet as he was fed up of hearing about Microsoft’s new tablet PC.
- In 2018 Apple became the first company to be valued at $1 trillion.
- As well as owning Beats Electronics and Shazam, Apple owns stakes in Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Bank of America and Berkshire Hathaway.
- Apple regularly uses its home page to pay tribute to notable people who have passed away including Robin Williams, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela and Steve Jobs.
- Apple’s headquarters includes a 3000 seat cafe which is spread over 3 levels.
- Every single advert for the iPhone features the time 9:41 AM as this was the exact time in which Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the world.
