Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

Apple was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak. Jobs, Wayne, and Wozniak were the company’s only employees for its first year of operation. Apple became a publicly traded company on December 12, 1980.

The first Apple computer, also known as the Apple I, was designed and hand-built by Wozniak in Jobs’ garage. Wozniak had been working on the design of a personal computer (PC) that anyone could build at …