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Which came first, Apple or the Ford Motor Company?

Which came first, Apple or the Ford Motor Company?
the Ford Motor Company
1903 — 73 years before Apple

the Ford Motor Company came first, by 73 years. Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit.

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Apple the Ford Motor Company
Year 1976 1903
Date 1976-04-01 1903-06-16
Category company company
What happened Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company. Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit.

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.

the Ford Motor Company

Ford was incorporated in June 1903, fourteen years after Nintendo and six months before the Wright brothers flew. The Model T followed in 1908 and the moving assembly line in 1913, which cut the time to build a car from twelve hours to about ninety minutes. Ford was Henry Ford's third attempt at a car company; the first two failed.

Common questions

Which came first, Apple or the Ford Motor Company?
the Ford Motor Company, by 73 years — 1903 against 1976.
When did Apple start?
1976. Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
When did the Ford Motor Company start?
1903. Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit.

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