Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

#1 Apple Follow (2,720) Market Cap As of May 2015 $741.8 Billion Ticker AAPL $131.78 $-1.46 (-0.011%) Industry Computer Hardware Founded 1976 Country United States CEO Timothy Cook Website http://www.apple.com Employees 92,600 Sales $199.38 B Headquarters Cupertino, California Apple on Forbes Lists #1 World's Most Valuable Brands #12 Global 2000 #11 in Sales #3 in Profit #114 in Assets #1 in Market value #55 America's Best Employers #79 Innovative Companies (2013) Apple, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Its products and services include iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and OS X operating systems, iCloud, and accessories, service and support offerings. The company also sells and delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, and Mac App Store. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, and direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software, and accessories, through its online and retail stores. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA. Numbers Revenue $199.38 B Assets $261.89 B Profits $44.46 B Sources: Factset, Bloomberg, S&P Cap IQ; Forbes. Market Cap As of May 2015 $741.8 Billion