List of acquisitions by Apple Inc.

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Apple Inc. headquarters are located at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, United States.
Apple Inc. headquarters are located at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, United States.

This is a list of acquisitions by Apple Inc., a computer hardware and software company founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.[1] In the early 2000s, Apple began to create software suites for its operating system, Mac OS X, including the iLife[2] and iWork[3] suites, and has acquired several companies to expand into the software industry.[4]

The company's largest acquisition as of April 2008 is the purchase of NeXT in 1996 for US$400 million from Steve Jobs, who was removed from his position as chairman from Apple in 1985.[5][6] 14 companies have been acquired as of April 2008.

Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, and the acquisition date listed is the date of agreement between Apple Inc. and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US$ because Apple is based in the United States,[7] and if the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.

[edit] Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
01996-12-20 20 December 1996 NeXT Hardware and software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000400000000.000000400,000,000 [6]
01999-11-02 2 November 1999 Raycer Integrated circuit Flag of the United States USA $&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000 [8]
02001-03-14 14 March 2001 PowerSchool Student information system Flag of the United States USA $&0000000062000000.00000062,000,000 [9]
02001-04-26 26 April 2001 Focal Point Systems Video editing software Flag of the United States USA — [10]
02001-07-09 9 July 2001 Spruce Technologies DVD authoring Flag of the United States USA $&0000000016000000.00000016,000,000 [11]
02002-02-07 7 February 2002 Nothing Real Video editing software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000 [12]
02002-06-13 13 June 2002 Silicon Grail Video editing software Flag of the United States USA — [13]
02002-06-21 21 June 2002 Prismo Graphics Video editing software Flag of the United States USA — [12]
02002-07-01 1 July 2002 Emagic Digital audio editor Flag of Germany DEU — [14]
02005-03-22 22 March 2005 SchemaSoft Data conversion Flag of Canada CAN — [15]
02006-10-16 16 October 2006 Silicon Color Color correction Flag of the United States USA — [16]
02006-12-04 4 December 2006 Proximity Video editing software Flag of the United States USA — [17]
02008-04-23 23 April 2008 P.A. Semi Semiconductors Flag of the United States USA $&0000000278000000.000000278,000,000 [18]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 80 Days that Changed the World. Time. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  2. ^ Apple releases its own Web browser. CNET. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  3. ^ Apple Dots Some More 'i's. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  4. ^ Rhapsody's Out, OS X In, in Shift Of Gear at Apple. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  5. ^ Ellison Leaves Apple's Board. Forbes. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  6. ^ a b Kawamoto, Dawn (1996-12-20). Apple acquires Next, Jobs. CNET. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ Does Apple Inc have a future without Steve Jobs?. The Economic Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  8. ^ "Apple acquires Raycer Graphics" (November 1999). The Wall Street Journal. 
  9. ^ Fox, Lynn (2001-03-14). Apple to Acquire PowerSchool. Apple Inc. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  10. ^ Linecker, Anton (2002-10-01). Cinema Tools 1.0. Macworld. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  11. ^ Acquisition of Spruce Technologies, Inc.. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2001-07-09). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  12. ^ a b Fried, Ian (2002-08-19). Apple takes bow for another Emmy. CNET. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  13. ^ Cohen, Peter (2002-06-12). Apple acquires Silicon Grail's RAYZ, Chalice software. Macworld. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  14. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (2007-03-01). What to Do with Apple's Cash. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  15. ^ Fried, Ina (2005-03-22). Apple swallows SchemaSoft. CNET. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  16. ^ Cohen, Peter (2006-10-16). Apple acquires Silicon Color. Macworld. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  17. ^ "Apple Acquires Software Maker Proximity", San Jose Mercury News, 2006-12-04. 
  18. ^ Brown, Erika; Corcoran, Elizabeth; Caulfield, Brian. Apple Buys Chip Designer. Forbes. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
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