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1 day ago · Mike Markkula was an Intel employee and had amassed a fortune worth millions of dollars before he turned his attention to Apple, emerging as its first investor after pouring an initial sum of ...
3 days ago · Apple was famously co-founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne but fans often forget there was a fourth pivotal figure involved in the business’ rise - Mike Markkula. On April 1 1976, the Apple Computer Company was founded, but 12 days after its launch Wayne, 90, elected to exit the company.
Mike Markkula: Apple's first investor who would be worth $1 trillion today if he still had his Apple shares. Mike's story is fascinating. Markkula had an incredibly successful career as a marketing manager at Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, where he made millions from stock options, achieving financial independence by the age of 33.
5 days ago · Mike Markkula’s charitable giving efforts reflect both his business endeavors and personal beliefs. With significant donations to Santa Clara University (including endowing Markkula Center for Applied Ethics ) his philanthropy demonstrates an unwavering dedication to ethical business practices and education; support of various educational and ethical initiatives shows his desire to give back ...
3 days ago · You’ve probably never heard of Mike Markkula — but everyone knows Steve Jobs. Well, Mike was his mentor – and Apple’s success is at least partly due to Mike’s mentoring. For entrepreneurs and founders to convert their idea into a living, breathing business organism, they need to rely on mentors.
3 days ago · - Mike Markkula, first angel investor for Apple. Care and attention to detail. During our trip to Portugal, Jonni Lundy said he had an idea for the website, but it was too silly to share. We insisted, and he said: “What if we changed the title based on the time zone of the user?" We all stopped and agreed that it was a fantastic idea.
2 days ago · The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are also the first smartphones to use the fastest high end flash storage NVM Express (NVMe). The 6s and 6s Plus, alongside the 1st generation SE, are the longest supported iPhones ever released, through seven major versions of iOS from iOS 9 to iOS 15.
