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Apple Computer, Inc. was founded
Apple Computer, Inc. was co-founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Los Altos, CA. https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-apple-in-photos-2015-8 -
Apple's first computer was released
The Apple I computer was Apple's first product, and it cost $666.66. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5800/Apple-1-Released/ -
Apple starts to sell Apple II with monitor, keyboard, and casing
Jobs and Wozniak started out building the Apple I in Jobs' garage and sold them without a monitor, keyboard, or casing. They decided to include these items in 1977 with the release of the Apple II. https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/the-evolution-of-apple-design-between-1977-2008/ -
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Apple sales skyrocket and the company goes public
Sales jumped from $7.8 million in 1978 to $117 million in 1980, the year Apple went public. http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/businesshistory/April/apple.html -
Wozniak leaves Apple
As other engineers joined the growing company, he no longer felt needed there. By early 1985, Wozniak left Apple, stating that the company had "been going in the wrong direction for the last five years". He then sold most of his stock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak -
Jobs leaves Apple
After much controversy with Sculley, Jobs left in 1985 and went on to found his own company, NeXT. https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-apple-fired-returned-2017-7 -
Apple partners with IBM and Motorola
Apple partners with long-time competitor IBM and Motorola to form the AIM alliance. The ultimate goal was to create a revolutionary new computing platform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc. -
Experts fear Apple may be doomed
Over the course of a few years, Apple's market share suffered slowly after its peak in 1990 and by 1996, experts believed the company to be doomed. http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/businesshistory/April/apple.html -
Apple buys out NeXT and Steve Jobs returns
Apple was desperately in need of an operating system and it bought out NeXT Software (Jobs' company) Jobs stepped in as the interim CEO to begin a critical restructuring of the company's product line. He would eventually become CEO in 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc. -
Apple opens its first retail store
Apple announced the opening of a line of Apple retail stores, to be located throughout the major U.S. computer buying markets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc. -
Apple releases the iPod
Apple introduced its first iPod portable digital audio player in 2001. Then iPod started as a 5 gigabyte player capable of storing around 1000 songs. As of 2005, Steve Jobs said the company's share of the entire portable music device market stood at 76%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc. -
The iPhone is released
The single biggest victory for Apple — and arguably the world of technology as a whole — was 2007's introduction of the iPhone. https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-apple-in-photos-2015-8 -
Steve Jobs passes away
Jobs’ official cause of death was respiratory arrest arising from complications related to a rare type of pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed with the cancer eight years earlier, and officially stepped down from his role as Apple’s CEO in August 2011. https://www.cultofmac.com/447947/today-apple-history-steve-jobs-passes-away/ -
Apple becomes the first $1 trillion public company in the US
The milestone was crossed when Apple's stock hit $207.05 per share and comes just days after Apple reported its third quarter fiscal earnings for 2018. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-1-trillion-company-stock-2018-8
