🏛️ "Apple Computer Inc." is Founded

Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a business partnership in Los Altos, California. To finance the creation of their first product, Jobs sold his Volkswagen Bus and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator. The company was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977, with multimillionaire Mike Markkula providing essential business expertise and $250,000 in funding.