Which came first, Apple or Netflix?
Which came first, Apple or Netflix?
Apple
1976 — 21 years before Netflix
Apple came first, by 21 years. Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
Side by side
| Apple | Netflix | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1976 | 1997 |
| Date | 1976-04-01 | 1997-08-29 |
| Category | company | technology |
| What happened | Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company. | Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded a DVD rental-by-post company. |
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.
Netflix
Netflix was founded in August 1997, a year before Google, and posted DVDs for a decade before streaming launched in January 2007. The famous origin story — Hastings founding it after a $40 late fee on Apollo 13 — has been called a useful myth by co-founder Marc Randolph. Blockbuster declined to buy the company for $50 million in 2000.
Common questions
- Which came first, Apple or Netflix?
- Apple, by 21 years — 1976 against 1997.
- When did Apple start?
- 1976. Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne founded Apple Computer Company.
- When did Netflix start?
- 1997. Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded a DVD rental-by-post company.
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- Apple or McDonald's? McDonald's
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- Apple or the internet (ARPANET)? the internet (ARPANET)
- Apple or email? email
- Apple or the Macintosh? Apple
- Apple or Windows? Apple
Sources
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