Apple's headed straight to the top with a bullet -- they went from 159 to 121 in last year's Fortune 500 ranking, and this year, they've pushed their way up to 103. On the list of the "20 most profitable tech companies," they are solidly at number eight -- Fortune says that the introduction of the iPhone and "record sales of Mac computers" have Apple on a rocket trajectory.Of course, Google's sitting upstairs at number 7, and you-know-who (not the Harry Potter villain, but close) is up at number one.
But yes, there's no question that Apple has really been hitting it out of the park lately, and considering the future (the fruits of the SDK, another possible iPhone iteration, and whatever else they're brewing up in Cupertino), the trends will continue.
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4-21-2008 @ 5:41PM
Eric Wilks said...
Oops, your graphic is wrong. Should say 103.
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4-21-2008 @ 5:47PM
spike said...
Thank you, Mike, for including both a baseball and Harry Potter reference in one post. Well done.
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4-21-2008 @ 6:04PM
slapppy said...
This gain, despite going up against a monopoly. Amazing.
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4-21-2008 @ 11:31PM
Brian said...
wasnt this obvious?? apple is already 50% of Microsoft in revenues...let's c how apple can decrease the margin...
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4-23-2008 @ 6:31PM
Carl de Cordova said...
back in the day Apple was as high as 75 on that list... somewhere around 1995.
They were also the fastest growing company from 0 to a billion in sales and then from 1 to 4 billion.
Even with the wheels off for a few years in the late 90's they are one of the most successful companies of all time.
oh well...
And M$ was a tiny company for its first 12 years of existence... The fastest growing before apple as xerox in the 1960's.
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