$0.51 share price
12 December 1980
Apple goes public to
instant financial success
1980
January 1983
Apple Lisa released
1985
$0.27
1985
Chairman Steve jobs quits Apple
after a boardroom power struggle
1990
1995
$0.49
1997
Jobs rejoins Apple, becomes CEO
August 1998
Launch of iMac G3
in translucent Bondi blue
2000
$1.30
October 2001
iPod launched
2005
$17.43
June 2007
iPhone released
$53.74
August 2011
Jobs resigns because of ill-health.
Tim Cook becomes CEO
2010
$100
September 2012
iPhone 5 sells
5m units in three days
2015
$122
February 2015
First company valued
at more than $700bn
2018
$0
50
100
150
200
$207.05
August 2018
Shares surge on news of the company’s quarterly
figures. The new share price values Apple at $1tn
1980
$0.51 share price
12 December 1980 Apple goes public to
instant financial success
January 1983 Apple Lisa released
1985
$0.27
1985 Chairman Steve jobs quits Apple
after a boardroom power struggle
1990
1995
$0.49
1997 Jobs rejoins Apple, becomes CEO
August 1998 Launch of iMac G3
in translucent Bondi blue
2000
$1.30
October 2001 iPod launched
2005
$17.43
June 2007 iPhone released
2010
$53.74
August 2011 Jobs resigns because of ill-health.
Tim Cook becomes CEO
$100
September 2012 iPhone 5 sells
5m units in three days
2015
$122
February 2015 First
company valued at
more than $700bn
2018
$0
50
100
150
200
$207.05
August 2018 Shares surge on news of the company’s quarterly
figures. The new share price values Apple at $1tn