Which came first, Amazon or Apple?
Which came first, Amazon or Apple?
Apple
1976 — 18 years before Amazon
Apple came first, by 18 years. Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
Side by side
| Amazon | Apple | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1994 | 1976 |
| Date | 1994-07-05 | 1976-04-01 |
| Category | technology | company |
| What happened | Jeff Bezos incorporated the company in Washington state. | Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company. |
Amazon
Amazon was incorporated on 5 July 1994, originally as Cadabra, and the website opened in July 1995 selling only books. The 1994 incorporation date is used here because it is the company's own founding date; if you mean the shop, 1995 is the answer. Either way it predates Google by three or four years and eBay by about a year.
Apple
Apple was founded on 1 April 1976, a year and a day after Microsoft. Ronald Wayne, the third founder, sold his 10% stake back for $800 twelve days later. The Apple I was a bare circuit board sold for $666.66; the Apple II of 1977 was the machine that made the company.
Common questions
- Which came first, Amazon or Apple?
- Apple, by 18 years — 1976 against 1994.
- When did Amazon start?
- 1994. Jeff Bezos incorporated the company in Washington state.
- When did Apple start?
- 1976. Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
Related pages
- Apple or Nintendo? Nintendo
- Apple or the Ford Motor Company? the Ford Motor Company
- Apple or Coca-Cola? Coca-Cola
- Apple or LEGO? LEGO
- Apple or Samsung? Samsung
- Apple or McDonald's? McDonald's
- Apple or Microsoft? Microsoft
- Apple or the internet (ARPANET)? the internet (ARPANET)
- Apple or email? email
- Apple or the Macintosh? Apple
- Apple or Windows? Apple
- Apple or the World Wide Web? Apple
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)