Ngo-Epreli ophelileyo, u-Apple ukhuphe iphepha lokulinganisa elibi ngekota. Ayikuko ukuba babelahlekelwe okanye bapapashe nantoni na ehlazo, kodwa bayenza yaseburhulumenteni ukuba yayilixesha lokuqala okoko kwangeniswa ngo-2007 ukuba i-iPhone ithengise ngaphantsi kunakwelo xesha linye lonyaka ophelileyo. Abanini zabelo abaphambili beApple bazithengisile zonke izabelo zabo ngelixesha uTim Cook kunye nenkampani ipasile kodwa, ngokwoluhlu Fortune 500, Inkampani yeapile ayenzi kakubi kangako.
I-Fortune 500 luluhlu lonyaka olupapashwe ngumagazini i-Fortune eqokelela i-500 Imibutho emikhulu eMelika ngezibonelelo ezifunyenwe kunyaka-mali. Ngo-2015, i-Apple yayikwindawo yesi-5 yolu luhlu, kodwa ngo-2016, nangona "imbi", jonga iikowuti, iziphumo ezifunyenweyo, inkampani ekhokelwa nguTim Cook ifumene inzuzo engama-233.700, XNUMX ezigidi zeedola kwaye inyukele kwindawo yesithathu uluhlu, ukugqitha i-DRM kunye neBerkshire Hathaway.
I-Apple yinkampani yesithathu kuluhlu lwe-500 Fortune 2016
Kukho iinkampani ezimbini kuphela ngaphambi kwe-Apple kolu luhlu: iWallmart kunye ne-Exxon Mobil, ethe yakhulisa i-482.100 yezigidigidi zeedola kunye ne-246.200 yezigidigidi ngokulandelelana. Ukujonga amanani, singacinga ukuba indawo yesibini kolu luhlu inokufikelelwa yiApple, kodwa isenendlela ende ekusafuneka iyiwe kuqala.
Isikhundla sesithathu se-Apple kuluhlu lwe-Fortune 500 lubonakala lubaluleke ngakumbi ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba inkampani elandelayo yezobuchwepheshe ivela kuyo (ingabandakanyi abaqhubi abafana ne-AT & T okanye i-Verizon) yi-HP, ekwindawo ye-20, i-Microsoft kwindawo ye-25 Alphabet, igama elitsha likaGoogle, kwisithuba sama-36. Oku kubonisa ukuba iApple ayikaphelelwa kwaye kubonakala ngathi kusekude kuyo.