Emva kokuba i-Apple ibonise iziphumo zayo zezimali zekota ngoJulayi 21, sinokuqinisekisa ukuba kwakhona bayifumene kwaye baye baba yenye yeenkampani ezivelisa inzuzo eninzi. Nangona ukwindawo yeshumi elinesihlanu kuluhlu lwe Fortune 500, uludwe oluhlanganiswe leli phephancwadi laseMntla Merika, I-Apple inokuqhayisa malunga ne-200.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngemali.
Esi sikhundla kuluhlu kungenxa yokuba iphephancwadi elidumileyo liyala iinkampani ngemilinganiselo yazo yengeniso, ukusuka phezulu ukuya kwephantsi. Kuyacaca ukuba i-Apple ithengisa izigidi zeeyunithi zezixhobo zayo rhoqo ngekota kodwa ayinakuze ikwazi ukuthelekisa nezigebenga ezifana ne ivenkile I-Walmart, kule meko ithatha inombolo ye-1 kwi-Fortune 500 ranking.
Ngoku mhlawumbi uyasiqonda ngcono ukuba kutheni iApple ingekho #1 kwimagazini ye-Fortune 500. Singakuxelela ukuba ngokulinganayo, ngaphandle kwayo yonke into ethengiswa yinkampani yeapile, iya kuhlala ingaphantsi, umzekelo, iVolkswagen okanye iToyota, iinkampani ezimbini ezibaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi leemoto kwihlabathi liphela iminyaka emininzi ngoku.
Nangona kunjalo, nangona i-Apple ingeyokuqala kwingeniso, ibekwe kwindawo yesibini malunga nokuba ingakanani loo ngeniso iguqulwa ibe yinzuzo. I-Apple isemva kweBhanki yaseTshayina kuphela ngokwenzuzo. Ngale nto sithetha ukuba phantse yonke into efunyanwa yi-Apple iba yinzuzo, nto leyo ebonisa amandla enkampani enawo. I-Apple ithatha indawo ye-2 emhlabeni kunye ne-39.500 yeebhiliyoni zeedola yenziwe kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ukugqiba inqaku siza kuthetha kancinci malunga nokhuphiswano lwe-Apple. Ewe, Samsung, Microsoft okanye Google. Ukulandela umlinganiselo ofanayo, oko kukuthi, ingeniso epheleleyo, sinokuthi i-Samsung ingaphezulu kwe-Apple, kwindawo ye-13 xa kuthelekiswa ne-15 ye-Cupertino. Ngoku, ukuba sijonga ukuba yimalini yaloo ngeniso eguqulwayo Kwiinzuzo sinokugqiba ukuba i-Samsung ikwindawo yesi-9, iMicrosoft ikwindawo yesi-8 kunye ne-Google kwindawo ye-144, ngelixa i-Apple ikwindawo yesi-2.
