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Apple turns 50: From garage startup to $3.73 trillion giant—here's how much a $1,000 investment at its IPO would be worth today

On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Apple Inc. AAPL celebrates 50 years of innovation, culture-shaping products, and unprecedented financial growth. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak turned a garage in ...

Steve Jobs saved Apple with $12 million failed computer company NeXT

Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985 and started a new computer company called NeXT. The operating system became the foundation for Mac OS X.
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Apple’s 50-year odyssey has redefined technology, pop culture, and comeback stories

CUPERTINO, Calif. — A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and ...