10 Of The Most Profitable Companies In The World

Apple

The net income from continuing operations for Apple is thirty-seven billion dollars, and the company's revenue is approximately 170.9 billion dollars. The financial success of Apple is largely due to the iPhone, one of the company's most popular products. It all started in 2007 with the launch of the first iPhone, where Steve Jobs, Apple's Chief Executive Officer at the time, reportedly made a prank call to a local Starbucks, ordering four thousand lattes. The first weekend the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were introduced, in September 2014, ten million units were sold. There is a new model of iPhone nearly every year or two now, with many other products such as iPads, MacBooks, and the Apple Watch. There's no stopping this technology giant!

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