--- title: "Which came first, Apple or the Ford Motor Company?" description: "Apple vs the Ford Motor Company: the Ford Motor Company came first, by 73 years — 1903 against 1976. What happened in each case." url: https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/apple-vs-ford/ site: "At One Place" --- # 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. ## Side by side | | 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. ## Related pages - [the Eiffel Tower or the Ford Motor Company?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/eiffel-tower-vs-ford/) - [the car or the Ford Motor Company?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/car-vs-ford/) - [the aeroplane or the Ford Motor Company?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/aeroplane-vs-ford/) - [the Ford Motor Company or the Statue of Liberty?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-statue-of-liberty/) - [the Ford Motor Company or the hamburger?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-hamburger/) - [the Ford Motor Company or the lightbulb?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-lightbulb/) - [the Ford Motor Company or television?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-television/) - [the Ford Motor Company or Nintendo?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-nintendo/) - [the Ford Motor Company or LEGO?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-lego/) - [the Ford Motor Company or Samsung?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-samsung/) - [the Ford Motor Company or McDonald's?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-mcdonalds/) - [the Ford Motor Company or Microsoft?](https://atoneplace.net/which-came-first/ford-vs-microsoft/) ## Sources - Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (https://www.wikidata.org/) [CC0 1.0]