Philip Houska Umagazini i-Fortune ushicilele izinga lalo nyaka lezinga le-Fortune 500, elihlanganiswa minyaka yonke ngokusekelwe emalini yezinkampani zaseMelika. I-Apple ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu, idlula inkampani yezamandla yamazwe ngamazwe i-Chevron, ewele endaweni yeshumi nane, kanye ne-conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, okungenzeka ibe ngumtshalizimali omusha we-Apple.
Umagazini fortune wabhala ngo-Apple:
Ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kweshumi iqhutshwa i-iPod bese kuba i-iPhone edume kakhulu, inkampani ishaye i-snag ngokusobala. Noma kunjalo, i-Apple iyinkampani yomphakathi enenzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi i-iPhone 6s kanye ne-6s Plus yayo, eyafika ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, yadayisela abanduleli bayo, kodwa ukuthengiswa kwe-iPad kwaqhubeka kwehla unyaka wonke. Ngo-Ephreli 2015, i-Apple yakhipha iwashi elihlakaniphile le-Apple Watch, elahlangatshezwa nemizwa exubile nokuthengisa okubuthakathaka.
Ngemuva kwesimo esingesihle emakethe yaseShayina mayelana nokuwohloka komnotho, okuhlanganisa ne-imeyili ka-Cook ebhekiswe kuJim Cramer ukuphikisa isimangalo sokuthi i-Apple yenza kahle kakhulu e-China, inkampani ye-Cupertino iqede unyaka ngokukhipha okubuthakathaka ku-Asian. imakethe. Kamuva, okulindelwe kwawela kumjikelezo omusha we-iPhone kanye ne-India, lapho isabelo semakethe ye-Apple siqhubeka nokuhlala singenandaba.
Kodwa-ke, naphezu kokukhathazeka kokukhula, ngo-2015 kwaba nezindaba zokuthi i-Apple isizongena emakethe yezimoto. Njengengxenye ye-Project Titan, ehlanganisa izisebenzi ezimbalwa zangaphambili ezivela embonini yezimoto, isebenza ngemoto yayo yokuqala kagesi. Ngokusobala, lolu hlelo lokusebenza ngeke lufinyelele kubasebenzisi isikhathi esithile, kodwa uma selufikile, inkampani kaCook ingaqala ukuzuza umfutho futhi.
Isimo sika-Apple kungenzeka ukuthi besingesihle neze ngonyaka owedlule, okuyinto iFortune nayo eqinisekisayo ngomqondo othile, kodwa beyisenele ukuzuza inzuzo ehloniphekile yamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-233,7 futhi ngaleyo ndlela ivumele ukuphefumula emhlane wayo hhayi kuphela emidondoshiya yezobuchwepheshe efana ne-AT&T ( 10 indawo), i-Verizon (indawo ye-13) noma i-HP (indawo yama-20).
Yisikhondlakhondla sezimayini kuphela i-ExxonMobil (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-500) engaphambi kwe-Apple ohlwini lwe-Fortune 246,2, ilandelwa wuchungechunge lwezitolo i-Walmart ($482,1 billion).
