List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple

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Apple's headquarters are at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California, United States.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and software products. It was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne,[1] and incorporated on January 3, 1977.[2] The company's hardware products include the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players,the iPad line of tablets, and the iPhone line of mobile phones. Apple's software products include the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, and the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software.[3] The company has acquired twenty-one companies, purchased a stake in two companies, and made five divestments; most of them were software companies. Apple has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.

Apple's business philosophy is to acquire small companies that can be easily integrated into existing company projects.[4] For example, Apple acquired Emagic and its professional music software, Logic Pro, in 2002. The acquisition led to the creation of the digital audio workstation software, GarageBand, now part of the iLife software suite.[4]

The company made its first acquisition on March 2, 1988 when it purchased Network Innovations. It has also made five divestments, all in the 1990s, in which parts of the company are sold to another company. The company's largest acquisition was the purchase of NeXT in 1996 for US$400 million.[5][6] Apple made the most acquisitions in a single year in 2002, with five, when it acquired Nothing Real, Zayante, Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice (from Silicon Grail), Propel Software, and Emagic. Of the companies that Apple has acquired, 18 were based in the United States.

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Acquisitions [edit]

Number Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References Derived products
1 01988-03-02March 2, 1988 Network Innovations Software  United States — [7] —
2 01988-06-07June 7, 1988 Orion Network Systems Satellite communication systems  United States — [8] —
3 01988-06-27June 27, 1988 Styleware Computer software  United States — [9] AppleWorks GS
4 01988-07-11July 11, 1988 Nashoba Systems Computer software  United States — [10] FileMaker
5 01989-01-03January 3, 1989 Coral Software Computer software  United States — [11] —
6 01997-02-07February 7, 1997 NeXT Computer programming services  United States US$7008404000000000000404,000,000 [12] Mac OS X, iOS
7 01997-09-02September 2, 1997 Power Computing-Clone-Making[note 1] Clone computers  United States US$7008100000000000000100,000,000 [13] —
8 01999-01-08January 8, 1999 Xemplar Education Software  United Kingdom US$70064926000000000004,926,000 [14] —
9 01999-11-03November 3, 1999 Raycer Graphics Computer graphic chips  United States US$700715000000000000015,000,000 [15] —
10 02000-01-07January 7, 2000 NetSelector Internet software  United States — [16] —
11 02000-04-11April 11, 2000 Astarte-DVD Authoring Software[note 2] Software  Germany — [17] DVD Studio Pro
12 02000-01-012000 (Q4) SoundJam MP[note 3] Software  United States — [18] iTunes
13 2001 Bluefish Labs Productivity software  United States — [19] iWork
14 02001-05-11May 11, 2001 bluebuzz Internet service provider  United States — [20] —
15 02001-07-09July 9, 2001 Spruce Technologies[note 4] Graphics software  United States — [21] DVD Studio Pro
16 02001-12-31December 31, 2001 PowerSchool Online info systems services  United States US$700762000000000000062,000,000 [22] PowerSchool
17 02002-02-01February 1, 2002 Nothing Real Special effects software  United States US$700715000000000000015,000,000 [23] Shake
18 02002-04-04April 4, 2002 Zayante FireWire chips and software  United States US$700713000000000000013,000,000 [24] FireWire
19 02002-06-11June 11, 2002 Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice[note 5] Digital effects software  United States — [25] Final Cut
20 02002-06-20June 20, 2002 Propel Software Software  United States — [26]
21 02002-06-21June 21, 2002 Prismo Graphics Special-effects titling software for film and video  United States — [27] LiveType (Final Cut Studio)
22 02002-07-01July 1, 2002 Emagic Music production software  Germany US$700730000000000000030,000,000 [28] Logic & GarageBand
23 02005-03-01March 2005 Schemasoft Software  Canada — [29] File formatting (iWork)
24 02005-04-01April 2005 FingerWorks Gesture recognition company  United States — [30][31] iOS multitouch
25 02006-10-16October 16, 2006 Silicon Color Software  United States — [32] Apple Color (Final Cut Studio)
26 02006-12-04December 4, 2006 Proximity Software  Australia — [33] Final Cut Server
27 02008-04-24April 24, 2008 P.A. Semi Semiconductors  United States US$7008278000000000000278,000,000 [34] Apple A4, A5 (SoC)
28 02009-07-07July 7, 2009 Placebase Maps  United States — [35] Maps
29 02009-12-06December 6, 2009 Lala.com Music streaming  United States US$700717000000000000017,000,000 [36] iCloud, iTunes Match
30 02010-01-05January 5, 2010 Quattro Wireless Mobile advertising  United States US$7008275000000000000275,000,000 [37] iAd
31 02010-04-27April 27, 2010 Intrinsity Semiconductors  United States US$7008121000000000000121,000,000 [38] Apple A5 (SoC)
32 02010-04-27April 27, 2010 Siri Voice Control Software  United States — [39] Siri
33 02010-07-14July 14, 2010 Poly9 Web-based mapping  Canada — [40] Maps
34 02010-09-20September 20, 2010 Polar Rose Face-Recognition  Sweden US$700729000000000000029,000,000 [41] iPhone software (camera)
35 02010-09-14September 14, 2010 IMSense High Dynamic Range Photography  United Kingdom — [42] iPhone software (camera)
36 02011-08-01August 1, 2011 C3 Technologies 3D Mapping  Sweden US$7008267000000000000267,000,000 [43] Maps
37 02011-12-20December 20, 2011 Anobit Flash Memory  Israel US$7008390000000000000390,000,000 [44] iPhones and iPads
38 02012-02-23February 23, 2012 Chomp App search engine  United States US$700750000000000000050,000,000 [45] iPhones and iPads
39 02012-07-27July 27, 2012 AuthenTec Security hardware and software for PCs and mobile devices  United States US$7008356000000000000356,000,000 [46] iPhones and iPads
40 02012-09-27September 27, 2012 Particle HTML5 web app firm  United States -- [47] Web
41 02013-03-23March 23, 2013 WiFiSlam Indoor location  United States US$700720000000000000020,000,000 [48] Maps

Stakes [edit]

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
01999-06-01June 1, 1999 Akamai Technologies Web site support services  United States US$700712500000000000012,500,000[note 6] [49]
02008-12-18December 18, 2008 Imagination Technologies Chip design  United Kingdom US$70064700000000000004,700,000[note 7] [50]

Divestitures [edit]

Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country/nationality Value (USD) References
01992-04-22April 22, 1992 Misys Computer Maintenance Sign Express Group Maintenance activities  United Kingdom US$7005705000000000000705,000 [51]
01996-05-31May 31, 1996 SCI Systems Apple Computer Computers  United States — [52]
01997-04-02April 2, 1997 Al-Waleed bin Talal Apple Computer Personal computers  Saudi Arabia US$7008115000000000000115,000,000[note 8] [53]
01997-08-06August 6, 1997 Microsoft Apple Computer Personal computers  United States US$7008150000000000000150,000,000[note 9] [54]
01997-08-07August 7, 1997 Grupo Carso Apple Computer Personal computers  Mexico US$700760650000000000060,650,000[note 10] [55]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Acquired from Power Computing Corporation
  2. ^ Acquired from Astarte
  3. ^ Acquired from Casady & Greene
  4. ^ Acquired from Japan Information Processing Service
  5. ^ Acquired from Silicon Grail
  6. ^ Acquired a 5% stake
  7. ^ Acquired a 3.6% stake, or 8.2 million shares
  8. ^ Acquired a 5% stake, or 6.25 million common shares
  9. ^ Acquired a 5% stake, or 150,000 Series A shares. Microsoft has since sold most of this stake, yet still retains some.
  10. ^ Acquired a 3% stake, or 3.79 million common shares

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  15. ^ "Apple Computer Inc acquires Raycer Graphics". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  16. ^ "Apple Computer Inc acquires NetSelector". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
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  25. ^ "Apple Computer Inc acquires Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice from Silicon Grail Corp". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
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  47. ^ "Apple snaps up celebrity-backed Web app firm Particle". CNet. Retrieved 2012-10-16. 
  48. ^ "Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM". WSJ. Retrieved 2013-3-23. 
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