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The One Trillion Dollar Company

One of the most popular electronics companies in the world is worth over one trillion

dollars. Many people across the globe own a device made from this company in their own

home. This company is Apple. Apple has had a long history of stock and is still thriving today.

Apple is a company that makes electronic products mostly for everyday use. Nik

Rawlinson from the source Macworld states,”On April 1st,1976 Apple was founded, making the

company 41 years old as of April 2017” (Nik Rawlinson). This means Apple was founded 41

years ago on April 1st, 1976. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who were

both college drop-outs. Jobs passed away in 2011 but Wozniak is still alive to this day. The first

major landmark of the company was when they created the Apple I computer, which had no

monitor, keyboard, or casing, which they later added on. Apple then created the Apple II

computer which contained color graphics . This made sales jump from 7.8 million to 117 million

from 1978- 1980. Over the years, Apple’s stock has been up and down from different scenarios.

Apple’s stock has been high and low since the creation of the company. According to

Macrotrends,” The all-time high Apple stock closing price was $262.64 on November 14, 2019”

(Macrotrends). This source is stating that the highest ever stock price of Apple was $262.64 on

November 14, 2019. The stock price is the highest it's ever been and still rising due to their new

innovations. The innovations consist of the new IPhone 11 models and the success of Apple

TV. Apple’s all-time low stock price was on July 8th, 1982 with a value of $0.17. This was

because Apple had only just been starting up as a company. Currently Apple has been having

major success with an all-time high stock price.

Currently, Apple is thriving with its stock price at an all-time high and the recent release

of the IPhone 11. Referring to Mediakix,” Since 2001, Apple’s stock price has grown 15,000%

making the company worth over one trillion dollars” (Mediakix). They are stating that Apple’s
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stock price has grown 15,000% since 2001 to make the company over one trillion dollars and

the company is still growing. Recently, Apple released the IPhone 11 and 11 Pro models along

with the new AirPods Pro. The IPhone 11 is a lot like the X models with no home button, but it

has an extra or two extra cameras, depending on the model you get, and a newer, faster

processor. The AirPods Pro are smaller than the previous models and have a silicon tip that

helps block out background noise.

Apple is a massive company with products distributed worldwide. Apple has had its

stock go up and down but today still thriving. Apple has many different products around the

world. These products help form the one trillion dollar company.

Works Cited

​ ttps://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/stock-price-history
Macrotrends, h

“12 Apple Statistics Marketers should know in 2018.” ​Mediakix,​

https://mediakix.com/blog/apple-statistics/#:~:targetText=Apple's%20Stock%20Value%2

0Has%20Grown,valued%20at%20%241.97%20per%20share

Rawlinson, Nick. ​Macworld​, 25 April 2017.

https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/history-of-apple-steve-jobs-mac-3606104/