Apple's board of directors has been filled with some of the most prominent names in business and culture in recent history. As a rule of thumb, board members must retire at age 75, which has led to the latest departures. Former Vice President Al Gore and former CFO and Corporate Pr...
and helped lead the U.S. into the longest period of sustained economic growth in American history. He served for a total of eight years as President of the Senate, a member of the cabinet and the National Security Council, and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives in...
The conflict between Steve Jobs and then Apple CEO John Sculley over the release of the Macintosh led to Jobs being removed from all duties by the board of directors. This caused Jobs to leave Apple and start a new company, NeXT computers. At about this time, Steve Wozniak also stepped do...
Apple and Macintosh History On January 24, 1984, Apple announcedthe Macintoshto its Board of Directors and to the world – and the computer world has never been the same. A year earlier, Apple had unveiled the $10,000Lisa, the first business computer to market with a graphical user interfa...
Despite all of his other ventures, the now 79-year-old John Sculley is in a position different from just about any other executive in the history of American business. Despite a long and relatively distinguished career, nearly all of the frequent interviews Sculley gives are about a...
2016, after a two-year investigation, the European Commission claimed that Apple's use of a hybrid Double Irish tax arrangement constituted "illegal state aid" from Ireland, and ordered Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in unpaid taxes, the largest corporate tax fine in history....
MembershipsDVDStandardsSystems developmentComputer industryApple has a long history of technical innovation around DVD hardware and software, and their support of the Blu-ray Disc format is a testament to their commitment of ongoing innovation.
Yes. Learn more on Apple’s return of capital history. Can I purchase stock directly from Apple? No, but Apple stock can be purchased through just about any brokerage firm, including online brokerage services. Does Apple have a Dividend Reinvestment Program (DRIP)? No, but most brokerages al...
However, they were unable to turn Apple around quickly enough to satisfy the company’s board of directors. The month before the departures, Apple filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to say it would take the company longer than expected to return to profitability. Apple also noted...
1) The Mac: The original OS and all in one design and how Apple made us all realize the power of the gui interface. The rest of the history of the Mac has been building on that - an evolutionary process - which you could not call a 'groundbreaking innovation'. 2) iPod: ...