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Who was the largest single shareholder of Apple?

Who was the largest single shareholder of Apple?

The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Hedge funds don’t have many shares in Apple. The Vanguard Group, Inc. is currently the largest shareholder, with 7.7\% of shares outstanding.

How many shares did Steve Jobs own of Apple?

At the time, Jobs owned 20\% of Apple. That would mean a net worth of around $450 billion today. Not only would Jobs be the world’s richest person (at least, based on those with measurable fortunes); he would be worth more than double his closest competitor.

How much of the company did Steve Jobs own?

Jobs cofounded Apple with Steve Wozniak 40 years ago today: April 1, 1976. The young computer company took outside investments to get off the ground, so by the time it went public in 1980, Jobs owned about 11\% of Apple — then worth about $130 million.

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Was Steve Jobs a shareholder?

Jobs became a member of Disney’s board and the largest shareholder of the company. When Jobs died of pancreatic cancer in 2011, his wife Laurene Powell Jobs inherited the 138 million Disney shares he owned.

What happened to Steve Jobs Apple shares?

At the time he quit, Jobs was 30 years old and he owned 20\% of Apple. Within days of quitting, he angrily sold off 99.99999\% of his Apple shares in one fell swoop. To be precise, he sold all but ONE share. He kept that last share only so he could continue receiving the company’s annual report.

What happened to Steve Jobs shares in Apple?

At the time of his death, on October 5, 2011, Jobs was reportedly worth $10.2 billion. The majority of his income was halved between two primary sources. One of these was obviously Apple, where he took in a net of $2 billion. After a 7-1 stock split that went down in 2014, Jobs 5.5 million shares rose to 38.5 million.

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What happened to Steve Jobs shares?

Upon Jobs’s death his shares in Disney were transferred to the Steven P. Jobs Trust led by Laurene Jobs.