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Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products. It was established in Cupertino, California, on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne,[1][2] and was incorporated on January 3, 1977.[3][4] The company's hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players, the iPad line of tablets, the iPhone line of smartphones, the Apple TV line of digital media players, and the Apple Watch line of smartwatches. Apple's software products include the macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software.[5] As of June 2024[update], Apple is publicly known to have acquired more than 100 companies. The actual number of acquisitions is possibly larger as Apple does not reveal the majority of its acquisitions unless discovered by the press. Apple has cofounded two half-equity partnerships and purchased equity stakes in three preexisting companies, and has made three divestments. Apple has not released the financial details for the majority of its mergers and acquisitions.
Apple's business philosophy is to acquire small companies that can be easily integrated into existing company projects.[6] For instance, Apple acquired Emagic and its professional music software, Logic Pro, in 2002. The acquisition was incorporated in the creation of the digital audio workstation software GarageBand, an integral part of the iLife software suite, and now one of the leading digital audio workstations on iOS and macOS.[6]
The company made its first acquisition on March 2, 1988, with its purchase of Network Innovations. In 2013, Apple acquired thirteen companies. Apple's largest acquisition was that of Beats Electronics in August 2014 for $3 billion.[7] Of the companies Apple has acquired, 71 were based in the United States.
In early-May 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook said to CNBC that Apple acquires a company every two to three weeks on average, having acquired 20 to 25 companies in the past six months alone.[8]
Acquisitions
| Date | Company | Business | Country | Value (USD) | References | Derived products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 2, 1988 | Network Innovations | Software |  United States
|
— | [9] | Data Access Language (DAL) |
| 2 | June 7, 1988 | Orion Network Systems | Computer Software | United States
|
— | [10] | SNA*ps |
| 3 | June 27, 1988 | Styleware[note 1] | Computer software | United States
|
— | [11] | AppleWorks GS, iWork, iLife |
| 4 | July 11, 1988 | Nashoba Systems[note 1] | Computer software | United States
|
— | [12] | FileMaker |
| 5 | January 3, 1989 | Coral Software | Computer software | United States
|
— | [13][14] | Macintosh Common Lisp |
| 6 | February 7, 1997 | NeXT | Unix-like hardware and software platform | United States
|
404,000,000 | [15] | Mac OS X/macOS, Darwin, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, audioOS, visionOS |
| 7 | September 2, 1997 | Power Computing Corporation | Macintosh clones | United States
|
110,000,000 | [16][17] | — |
| 8 | January 8, 1999 | Xemplar Education | Software |  United Kingdom
|
4,926,000 | [18] | — |
| 9 | November 3, 1999 | Raycer Graphics | Computer graphic chips | United States
|
15,000,000 | [19] | — |
| 10 | January 7, 2000 | NetSelector | Internet software | United States
|
— | [20] | — |
| 11 | April 11, 2000 | Astarte-DVD Authoring Software[note 2] | Software |  Germany
|
— | [21] | DVD Studio Pro, iDVD |
| 12 | 2000 (Q4) | SoundJam MP[note 3] | Software | United States
|
— | [22] | iTunes |
| 13 | Early 2001 | Bluefish Labs | Productivity software | United States
|
— | [23] | iWork |
| 14 | May 11, 2001 | bluebuzz | Internet service provider (ISP) | United States
|
— | [24] | — |
| 15 | July 9, 2001 | Spruce Technologies[note 4] | Graphics software | United States
|
14,900,000 | [25][26] | DVD Studio Pro |
| 16 | December 31, 2001 | PowerSchool | Online info systems services | United States
|
66,100,000 | [26][27] | PowerSchool |
| 17 | February 1, 2002 | Nothing Real | Special effects software | United States
|
15,000,000 | [26][28] | Shake |
| 18 | April 4, 2002 | Zayante | FireWire chips and software | United States
|
13,000,000[note 5] | [29][30][31] | FireWire |
| 19 | June 11, 2002 | Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice[note 6][note 7] | Digital effects software | United States
|
20,000,000[note 8] | [30][32] | Motion |
| 20 | June 20, 2002 | Propel Software | internet and network optimization for wireless carriers | United States
|
— | [33] | Safari |
| 21 | June 21, 2002 | Prismo Graphics[note 7] | Special-effects titling software for film and video | United States
|
20,000,000[note 8] | [30][34] | LiveType |
| 22 | July 1, 2002 | Emagic | Music production software | Germany
|
30,000,000 | [26][35] | Logic Pro, GarageBand |
| 23 | March 2005 | SchemaSoft | Software |  Canada
|
— | [36] | iWork |
| 24 | April 2005 | FingerWorks | Gesture recognition company | United States
|
— | [37][38] | iOS |
| 25 | October 16, 2006 | Silicon Color | Software | United States
|
— | [39] | Color |
| 26 | December 4, 2006 | Proximity | Software |  Australia
|
— | [40] | Final Cut Server |
| 27 | April 24, 2008 | P.A. Semi | Semiconductors | United States
|
278,000,000 | [41][42] | Apple SoC |
| 28 | July 7, 2009 | Placebase | Maps | United States
|
— | [43] | Apple Maps |
| 29 | December 4, 2009 | Lala.com | Music streaming | United States
|
17,000,000 | [44] | iCloud, iTunes Match |
| 30 | January 5, 2010 | Quattro Wireless | Mobile advertising | United States
|
275,000,000 | [45] | iAd |
| 31 | April 27, 2010 | Intrinsity | Semiconductors | United States
|
121,000,000 | [46] | Apple SoC |
| 32 | April 27, 2010 | Siri | Voice control software | United States
|
— | [47] | Siri |
| 33 | May 10, 2010 | Gipsy Moth Studios | Application Regionalization Firm | United States
|
12,000,000 | [48] | iPod, iPhone, iPad |
| 34 | July 14, 2010 | Poly9 | Web-based mapping | Canada
|
— | [49] | Apple Maps |
| 35 | September 20, 2010 | Polar Rose | Facial recognition |  Sweden
|
29,000,000 | [50] | iOS |
| 36 | September 14, 2010 | IMSense | High-dynamic-range (HDR) photography | United Kingdom
|
— | [51] | iOS |
| 37 | August 1, 2011 | C3 Technologies | 3D mapping | Sweden
|
267,000,000 | [52] | Maps |
| 38 | December 20, 2011 | Anobit | Flash memory |  Israel
|
500,000,000 | [53] | iPod, iPhone, iPad |
| 39 | February 23, 2012 | Chomp | App search engine | United States
|
50,000,000 | [54] | App Store |
| 40 | June 2, 2012 | Redmatica | Audio |  Italy
|
— | [55] | Logic Pro, GarageBand |
| 41 | July 27, 2012 | AuthenTec | PC and mobile security products | United States
|
356,000,000 | [56] | Touch ID |
| 42 | September 27, 2012 | Particle | HTML5 Web app firm | United States
|
— | [57] | iCloud, iAd |
| 43 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple