apple ownership

Nobody "owns" apple per se, because its a publicly traded company. People buy small portions called stocks and... well, you know the rest, i think.

I dont know who the biggest stockholder is... but unless they are apple employees I dont think they have any power in future releases.

That's about all I know.

 

That's pretty scary, you got a link to that, I'd like to know more.

 

who owns APPL?

larry ellison used to own something like 10%, maybe he still does?

 

So the question is: Who owns a majority of the shares?

 

I think Apple have bought back alot of shares recently, the senior exs at apple seem to own alot of stock and shares.

Ensign

 

APPL

is this thread the result of some clever trolling? a google search turned up some rumours and jokes . . .

http://www.pbbt.com/Directory/Jokes/838.html

if you really want to know, wouldn't the SEC be a better place to look?

 

Re: APPL

Is it just me or are the 'jokes' on that page not funny at all?

 

i have a couple hundred bucks... maybe i should but up a ton of shares... ha

 

Did SJ not get stock options last time he got his $1?

I know they gave him a jet, but I can't remember what else they gave him.

Ensign

 

I think he kept the jet, I was unsure about the stock, thanks for clearing that up!

Ensign

 

Fidelity Investments!

The largest shareholder in Apple is FMR Corp, known to the public as Fidelity Investments. If the company with the most research analysts in the world owns 5.1% of Apple, that is a confidence builder.

http://www.transnationale.org/anglais/fiches/9.htm

 

Institutional investors

PS - every one of the largest investors is what is called an institutional investor - in this case, mutual fund companies and banks that sell mutual funds.

How much control do they have over day to day stuff? NONE. They don't want that type of control. So what do they want? Purely, they want profits, so the share price will rise!

These companies all manage money for people like you and me, particularly in retirement plans liek 401(k)s, pension, etc. They own Apple because they believe that future profit growth will outpace that of the other companies they could have chosen to own.

 

I think it was actualy a plane Apple bought for themselves to transfer execs between trade shows and other meetings etc...

Ensign

 

http://biz.yahoo.com/t/A/AAPL.html

 

Who owns Apple?

Here's a list of the largest holders of Apple stock. Although you can't see it, Steve Jobs actually owns the *least* amount of Apple stock among the company's senior executives. Tim Cook, Fred Andersen, Mickey Drexler, Jerome York, and even Bill Campbell and Apple's Hardware chief (his name slipped my mind) owns more.

 

that is pretty sweet, is that a program for the mac? and does it work on OSX?

That is quite interesting!

Ensign

 

It's from Bloomberg

Ensign Paris - Not sure if you were referring to my previous post, but in case anyone else is curious, I got the .gif file from my Bloomberg at work. Its connected to the Bloomberg network through a fairly decent PC and two gorgeous flat screen panels. The setup costs several thousand dollars per month to use, but it contains EVERYTHING you need to know about stocks, bonds, commodities, etc. on a real-time basis.

 

Apple's $4 billion stash

Apparently, Apple doesn't *really* have $4 billion in cash. In its latest financial statement, Apple reported about $2 billion in actual cash, with the other $2.2 billion in marketable securities. Marketable securities are as good as cash, and Apple is in no way pulling an Enron, but it's funny that I didn't even check out their story before swallowing it whole.

FYI, here's a list of the largest holders of Dell's stock. And no, the largest holder isn't a typo: