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List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple

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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.

Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country of origin Value (US$) References
December 20, 1996 NeXT Hardware and software  USA $400,000,000 [6]
November 2, 1999 Raycer Integrated circuit  USA $15,000,000 [8]
March 14, 2001 PowerSchool Student information system  USA $62,000,000 [9]
April 26, 2001 Focal Point Systems Video editing software  USA — [10]
July 9, 2001 Spruce Technologies DVD authoring  USA $16,000,000 [11]
February 7, 2002 Nothing Real Video editing software  USA $15,000,000 [12]
June 13, 2002 Silicon Grail Video editing software  USA — [13]
June 21, 2002 Prismo Graphics Video editing software  USA — [12]
July 1, 2002 Emagic Digital audio editor  DEU — [14]
March 22, 2005 SchemaSoft Data conversion  CAN — [15]
October 16, 2006 Silicon Color Color correction  USA — [16]
December 4, 2006 Proximity Video editing software  USA — [17]
April 23, 2008 P.A. Semi Semiconductors  USA $278,000,000 [18]

References

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