Apple (AAPL) stock & equity tools

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. Its current name was adopted in 2007 as the company expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is one of the Big Tech companies.

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Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne in Cupertino, California, Apple grew from a garage operation into the world's most valuable hardware company. The 1980 NASDAQ IPO seeded decades of expansion across iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, AirPods, and Services like the App Store, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Tim Cook took the CEO seat in 2011 and steered Apple past the $1 trillion mark in 2018 and $3 trillion thereafter, with fiscal 2024 revenue near $390 billion. Apple Silicon M-series chips and the Apple Intelligence push define the current chapter.

Sources: apple.com · en.wikipedia.org

Equity comp at Apple

• Apple does not grant ISOs to employees; equity comp is RSUs only. The AMT-ISO calculator does not apply.
• RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
• Vesting schedule: 4 years, 1-year cliff (industry standard).

Sources: apple.com · investor.apple.com

Researched 2026-05-06.