📲 Everything Owned by Apple

When Steve Wozniak and SteveJobs started Apple in 1976, they likely had no idea just how huge the company would one day become.

When Steve Wozniak and SteveJobs started Apple in 1976, they likely had no idea just how huge the company would one day become. Of course, they had their early commercial successes, but the idea that they could have predicted that they would one day become one of the largest companies in the world is nothing short of far-fetched.

Regardless, the company’s marketcap sits at $3.67 trillion as of the time of this writing and that makes them the number 1 company by market capitalization over Microsoft (who is in second place) by at least$200 billion.

Now that Jobs and Wozniak are out of the picture, who are Apple’s largest shareholders?

Hardware & Software Subsidiaries

1. Beats Electronics, LLC (2014): $3 billion acquisition of Dr. Dre's audio equipment company.

2. Anobit (2011): $500 million acquisition of Israeli flash memory controller company.

3. PA Semi (2008): $278 million acquisition of microprocessor design company.

4. Siri (2010): $200 million acquisition of virtualassistant technology.

5. AuthenTec (2012): $356 million acquisition of fingerprint & biometric recognition technology.

ArtificialIntelligence & MachineLearning

1. EMAGIC (2002): Musicsoftware company, integrated into Logic Pro.

2. Topsy Labs (2013): Socialmedia analytics platform, $200 million acquisition.

3. VocalIQ (2015): UK-based AI startup, $100 million acquisition.

4. Perceptio (2015): AI-powered image recognition startup.

5. iBeacons (2015): Indoor mapping and navigation technology.

Music and Entertainment

1. iTunes (2001): Music streaming platform.

2. Apple Music (2015): Music streaming service, $3 billion investment.

3. Beats Music (2014): Music streamingservice, integrated into AppleMusic.

4. Shazam (2018): Music recognition app, $400 million acquisition.

Ecommerce and Payments

1. ApplePay (2014): Mobile payments platform.

2. Apple Wallet (2014): Digital wallet service.

3. Mobeewave (2020): Contactless payment technology, $100 million acquisition.

VirtualReality & AugmentedReality

1. metaio (2015): ARsoftware company.

2. PrimeSense (2013): 3Dsensing technology, $360 million acquisition.

3. Akonia Holographics (2018): Holographic display technology.

Other Notable Acquisitions

1. Cue (2013): Personalassistant app, $35 million acquisition.

2. Spotsetter (2014): Social mapping app, $10 million acquisition.

3. BookLamp (2014): E-book analytics platform.

4. Mapsense App (2015): Mapping analytics platform.

Investments

1. Didi Chuxing (2016): $1 billion investment in Chinese ride-hailing service.

2. Corning Incorporated (2017): $200 million investment in glassmanufacturing.

3. Carbon3D (2018): $100 million investment in 3Dprinting technology.

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