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Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, to commercialize the Apple I, with early financing from Jobs and Wozniak.
Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, as the Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Los Altos, California, to market Wozniak’s Apple I. Jobs and Wozniak financed early production by selling personal assets, and the Apple I was sold as a pre-assembled motherboard designed to connect directly to a television. The company incorporated in Cupertino, California, on January 3, 1977, with Wayne leaving shortly after its founding and selling his stake back to Jobs and Wozniak; business expertise and additional funding came from Mike Markkula during incorporation.
Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, to commercialize the Apple I, with early financing from Jobs and Wozniak.
Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated on January 3, 1977 in Cupertino, and Ronald Wayne exited soon after.
Rapid early growth followed, with annual sales rising dramatically between 1977 and 1980.
Apple introduced the Apple II in 1977 and later Disk II in 1978, helping establish the home computer market and Apple’s first major commercial success.
Apple became a public company on December 12, 1980 via an IPO on Nasdaq, raising over $100 million.
Apple’s first product, sold as a pre-assembled motherboard designed to connect to a household television.
The incorporated company formed in 1977 in Cupertino, California, following the original 1976 partnership.
A mass-produced personal computer introduced in 1977 that became Apple’s first major commercial success.
A 5.25-inch floppy disk drive introduced in 1978 that replaced cassette storage for the Apple II.
The first widely adopted spreadsheet program, released for the Apple II in 1979 and a key “killer application” for business users.
The process by which Apple became publicly traded on Nasdaq on December 12, 1980, selling shares to raise capital.
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