Corporation Apple Computer Co. was officially registered on January 3, 1977, with the following listed as founders: Steve Jobs a Steve WozniakAlthough Ron Wayne was also involved in the creation of the Apple company, he was not listed as a founder because he sold his share for $800. About the financand other requirements necessary to ensure Apple became a corporation, was handled by Mike Markkula, who became a rather important figure in the history of the technology giant.
Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 to sell computers Apple-1, which was priced at $666. If you're wondering why $666, the reason is simple, Steve Wozniak loved repeating numbers. Of course there is also a certain connection with the devil's number. Unfortunately, Apple-1 if nestal was too big a hit, which cannot be said about its successors. Apple he worked on other computers and offered machines with which he had a relatively large lead over the competition.
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It was the first mass-produced computer Apple II, which was extremely popular among home users. After the release of the first spreadsheet calculator, VisiCalc, it began to be successfully sold to business customers as well. The first computers Apple II featured an 8-bit MOS Technology 6520 microprocessor that ran at 1 MHz, offered 4 KB of RAM, a cassette player, and built-in ROM support for the Integer BASIC programming language.
Steve Jobs a Steve Wozniak but they didn't have enough moneyancfor computer manufacturing Apple II, but fortunately they met entrepreneur Mike Markkula, who provided the company with the necessary start-up capital and management support. It was thanks to this financing Apple acquired a partner and became a corporation.
Markkula invested $92 out of his own pocket to help the apple company get a quarter million dollar loan from Bank of America. And on January 3, 1977, a small company became a large corporation Apple Computer Co., headed by Michaela Scott as CEO.
Source: Cult of Mac
