List of acquisitions by Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products. It was established in Cupertino, California, United States on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-13|url=http://www.time.com/time/80days/760401.html|title=80 Days that Changed the World |work=Time ] and incorporated on January 3, 1977. [cite web|accessdate=2008-06-26|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=107357&p=irol-faq|title=Investor Relations FAQ |publisher=Apple Inc. ] The company's hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players, and the iPhone line of mobile phones. Apple's software products include the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, and the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software.cite web|accessdate=2008-06-26|url=http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/10/22results.html|title=Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results |publisher=Apple Inc.|date=2007-10-22 ]

Apple's business philosophy is to acquire small companies that can be easily integrated into existing company projects. For example, Apple acquired Emagic and its professional music software, Logic Pro, in 2002. The acquisition led to the creation of the digital audio workstation software, GarageBand, now part of the iLife software suite. [cite web|accessdate=2008-06-26|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2007/tc20070301_402290.htm|title=What to Do with Apple's Cash |publisher=BusinessWeek|date=2007-03-01|author=Hesseldahl, Arik ]

The following is a list of acquisitions made by Apple. The company's largest acquisition as of 2008 is the purchase of NeXT in 1996 for US$400 million from Steve Jobs, who was removed from his position as chairman from Apple in 1985. [cite news|title=Apple's CEO Is Ousted as Steve Jobs' Role Expands|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1997-07-10|author=Kaplan, Karen|page=A] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that Apple has acquired ten companies as of 2008. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because Apple is based in the United States. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-23|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International__Business/Does_Apple_Inc_have_a_future_without_Steve_Jobs/articleshow/1162262.cms|title=Does Apple Inc have a future without Steve Jobs? |work=The Economic Times ]

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Acquisitions

Footnotes

* The acquisition value for this company is split among Prismo Graphics, Silicon Grail, and Zayante.

References

External links

* [http://www.apple.com/ Apple]