Ngo-Ephreli odlule, i-Apple yakhipha ibhalansi engemihle yekota. Hhayi ukuthi belahlekelwe noma bashicilele noma yini ehlambalazayo, kodwa bakwenze kwaba semthethweni ukuthi bekungokokuqala selokhu yethulwa ngo-2007 ukuthi i-iPhone ithengise ngaphansi kunangesikhathi esifanayo sonyaka odlule. Abanini bamasheya ababili abakhulu be-Apple bathengise wonke amasheya abo ngesikhathi uTim Cook nenkampani isidlula kodwa, ngokusho kohlu I-Fortune 500, inkampani yama-apula ayenzi kabi kangako.
IFortune 500 iluhlu lwaminyaka yonke olushicilelwa ngumagazini iFortune oluqoqa ama-500 izinkampani ezinkulu kunazo zonke e-United States ngezinzuzo ezitholwe ngonyaka wezimali. Ngo-2015, i-Apple yayisesikhundleni sesi-5 salolu hlu, kodwa ngo-2016, naphezu "kokubi", bheka izingcaphuno, imiphumela etholakele, inkampani eqondiswe nguTim Cook ithole inzuzo engama-233.700 wezigidi zamadola futhi inyukele endaweni yesithathu uhlu, ukudlula iChevron neBerkshire Hathaway.
I-Apple yinkampani yesithathu ohlwini lwe-500 Fortune 2016
Zimbili kuphela izinkampani ezingaphambi kwe-Apple kulolu hlu: I-Wallmart ne-Exxon Mobil, eseqoqe ama- $ 482.100 billion ne- $ 246.200 billion ngokulandelana. Uma sibheka izibalo, singacabanga ukuthi indawo yesibili kulolu hlu ingafinyelelwa yi-Apple, kepha kusese nendlela ende okufanele ihambe ukuze ithathe indawo yokuqala.
Isikhundla sesithathu se-Apple ohlwini lwe-Fortune 500 sibonakala sibaluleke kakhulu uma sicabangela ukuthi inkampani elandelayo yobuchwepheshe evela kuyo (ingabandakanyi ama-opharetha afana ne-AT&T noma i-Verizon) i-HP, esendaweni yama-20, i-Microsoft endaweni yama-25 Alphabet, igama elisha le-Google, lisendaweni engu-36. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ayikabhubhi futhi kubukeka sengathi luselude ukhalo okusamele luhambe ngaphambi kokuba lube.