Apple is firmly determined that the world, but especially the United States, know what its contribution to the country's economy is, something that is being perceived in the media shift that the company has been practicing in recent days.
In this sense, Apple has begun to vigorously promote the benefits that the company brings to the US economy. He did it first through his latest financial results report; later, it was Tim Cook himself who made reference to this aspect in an interview. And now Apple launches a new website designed exclusively to advertise the benefits it brings to its country in terms of economy and employment.
Apple responds on its contribution to the US economy
Already before Donald Trump arrived at the oval office, in the middle of the electoral campaign, the business magnate conveyed the feeling that Apple was not contributing enough to the US economy since it manufactures the vast majority of its products in other countries, mainly China, and it is abroad where it stores an immense amount of money that it does not take back to the country to avoid having to face the heavy taxes that would be levied on it. In fact, Trump went as far as to say that he would force Apple to "make its damn products" in the United States.
There is no doubt that the controversy raised since then, and fueled on several occasions, will have permeated a large part of the citizenry, and now that Trump is president, Apple has no choice but to deal with the new administration, that yes, not without first making clear what its contribution to the United States economy is.
This is how during the last days we are witnessing an unexpected the company's desire to improve its public image, both in the face of the government administration and in the face of the citizens, and for this has begun to promote strongly what its contributions to the economy are of "the greatest democracy in the world."
In this sense, both during the communication of the latest results of the company, and during an interview, Tim Cook has spoken about the influence of Apple in the American economy. These actions have now been completed with the launch of a new website created for the same purpose.
Two million jobs created and billions invested
On this website, which you can visit here, Apple describes its contributions to the United States economy, paying particular attention to job creation. For example, Apple Announces It Has Created Nearly 2 Million Jobs, of which 450.000 are through its suppliers based in the United States. In addition, the company notes that it has created XNUMX million jobs in application development, manufacturing, retail and other activities, while 80.000 employees are official Apple workers.
Apple incide that there 29 cities with at least 250 employees of the Apple, stores in 44 statesand that job creation outside the State of California has multiplied by 28 since 2000.
In total, since 1998, Apple indicates that it has experienced a growth in the number of employees has grown by 1500%.
Of course, there is also room for American application developers; Apple notes that since the launch of the App Store in 2008, "US developers have earned more than $ 16.000 billion in App Store sales worldwide."
On the other hand, the company also highlights its strong investment in suppliers and manufacturers in the country; Specifically, it speaks of spending more than 50.000 million dollars in 2016 alone, distributed among more than 9.000 suppliers and manufacturers in the United States.
Without a doubt, Apple's new space is a valuable source of information where we will find much more, such as a distribution of employment by States or a description of some of its largest investments in the country, such as its new headquarters in Cupertino (California), the Texas and Arizona campuses, or the North Carolina data centers. , Oregon and Reno.
And to top it off, Apple just announced the creation of a new $ 1.000 billion fund to further promote job creation in the United States.