Leadership
Who is Apple's CEO and what year did he join Apple?
Tim Cook 1998
When was Apple founded?
April 1, 1976
Around how many key suppliers does Apple have as of 2013?
154 (145-165)
What company did Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne work at before starting Apple?
Atari
Tim Cook was named the world's greatest ___ by Forbes magazine?
Leader
What year did Apple come out with it's IPO and how many shares were sold at what price?
December 1980 4.6 million at $22 each
How many items make up Apple’s product portfolio as of 2016?
17 items, including iPhone, Mac, etc
What company did Steve Wozinak work for before starting Apple?
HP
What is Tim Cook's networth as of March 2015
About $120 million along with restricted stick worth $665 million
Who are the three people who started Apple?
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
Under Tim Cook’s direction, what company did Apple acquire in 2014?
Beats Music
Apple was considered the most innovative company and also topped the list of “Most _______ companies” in 2008 and 2009?
Admired
What was one of Tim Cook's biggest challenges in 2012?
The Apple maps issues “in 2012, since the iPhone 5 release, and the Maps fiasco, Apple has lost $30 billion in stock market value.”
Which early Apple computer had to be recalled?
Apple III
Did Apple have a growth or decline in sales from 2010 to 2013? (Also state how much the increase was)
Apple had growth momentum which had helped it to increase sales from $65 billion in the 2010 fiscal year to $171 billion in 2013
"In the months leading up to Jobs’ death, analysts pointed out that any adverse news about Jobs’ health made the Apple stock fall and led to a fall of the company’s market cap by a couple of billion dollars in a single trading session.”
Do you think having such an important CEO is beneficial or a risk to a company like Apple? Another example is Elon Musk with Tesla.
(open ended)
What year was Steve Jobs removed from Apple and when did he return?
1985 and returned 1996
Which product introductions in 2014 quadrupled Apple's stock price form $100 to $400 per share?
Introduced a new payment system, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch and the new iPhones
What other application software does the company sell?
Final Cut Pro, LogicPro X, and its FileMakerPro database software
What did Tim Cook implement to fix the cumbersome supply chain when he was first hired by Steve Jobs at Apple?
A just-in-time system,and he also reduced the number of key suppliers from 100 to 24 and the number of warehouses from 19 to 9. By September of 1998, Cook managed to decrease inventory level to 6 days and reduce the manufacturing cycle time from 4 months to 2 months.