Shares opened at $22 but rose to $29, making Apple's value $1.2 billion. Jobs was the company's leading shareholder, with 15 percent of the stock. His shares were soon worth $239 million.
In 1997 Microsoft purchased $150 million of non-voting Apple shares.
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Apple has a market capital of $241.5 Billion, and Microsoft has a market capital of $239.5 Billion, making Apple the richest leading company in computer and gadget technology today.
Business' stay in business while they are making profits. Apple is a very profitable company with nearly 30 billion dollars in the bank. Their success is reflected in the price of Apple shares. Apple mainly aims at the top end of the computer market where they have over 90% market share.
There are 917 million Apple shares available for trading. Individuals and institutions can hold blocks of these shares so it is not known how many shareholders there are.
Steve Jobs holds 5.426 million shares in Apple and 138 million shares in Disney.
He sold his shares in Apple and started a new company called NeXT computer. He also invested in the film company Pixar.
Apple Capital Museum was created in 1998.
No, it was the 5th Apple computer. 1. Apple 1 2. Apple 2 3. Apple 3 4. Lisa 5. Macintosh
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An Apple computer will do everything a Windows computer will do.