In its history of development for more than 35 years, Apple has managed to revolutionize the entire industry of manufacturing computers, mobile phones, mp3 players, and so on. It's amazing that one of the leading companies in the production of electronics was created by two people in whom no one then believed.
Creation of a corporation
Apple was formed in 1976 when two young and ambitious people decided to create a company to manufacture and sell computers. These young people were called Steve Wozniak, he was only 25 at the time, and Steve Jobs, who was barely of age, was 21 years old.
The first day of work is considered to be April 1, 1976. It was on this day that the first Apple Computer I was presented to the public for the first time. In the first 10 months of operation, the company released 175 of these hand-assembled computers. The company's first computer was a motherboard without a keyboard, mouse, graphics and sound. Computers were collected in the old garage of Steve Jobs' parents, their relatives and friends helped Wozniak and Jobs.
At that moment, the company even had its own secretary, whose place was taken by Steve Jobs' mother.
The first batch of computers was bought by an acquaintance of Jobs in his shop, where he himself selected a case, a power supply unit for Apple computers. The name for the company did not take long to come up, for the inventors the main thing was that in the telephone directory Apple was higher in the list of Atari, which was popular at that time.
On the first profit, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak rented a mailbox and bought the first telephone line to create at least the appearance of a real corporation.
A coup in consciousness
Already in 1977, Apple made its first revolution in the computer industry: they created a second computer that had color graphics. The sound also appeared in it, the inventors did not forget about the keyboard and the power supply. It was in 1976 that the most famous company logo appeared - a colored bitten apple. The company has grown, they have a real office opened, the face of Steve Jobs has appeared on the pages and covers of glossy business magazines. The profit margins have increased several times. In May 1979, Apple employees began work on a new computer aimed at the average user. It was this period that can be called the beginning of the birth of the first Macintosh.
At the moment, the value of Apple is estimated at about $ 500 billion, that is, the company is one of the most expensive in history. Now the company produces not only computers and laptops, but also computer tablets, smartphones, and music players. Steve Wozniak retired from the company in 1987 and Steve Jobs died of cancer in 2011, but despite the fact that both founders of the company are not currently involved in its development, the company is thriving.
