I-Apple ilawule le 2016 ukuba inyukele kuyo Top3 ngaphakathi kwezidumileyo Uluhlu lwe-Fortune500, Ukunyuka kwizikhundla ezi-2 ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo, 2015. Olu luhlu luluhlu kunye neenkampani eziphezulu ezingama-500 zaseMelika ngokulandelelana kwengeniso kunyaka-mali odlulileyo. I-Apple, kude kube ngoku ibinyuka unyaka nonyaka de ifike kwindawo yesi-5 ngempumelelo kunyaka ophelileyo, itsiba iye kwindawo yesithathu phambi kweenkampani ezinje Chevron y EBerkshire Hathaway.
Uluhlu lukhokelwa ziivenkile ezaziwayo zeWalmart kunye nenkampani yeoyile i-Exxon Mobil. Njengoko sibona, yinto ebalulekileyo kwinkampani efana neApple ukuzibeka eqongeni ngezi nkampani zikhulu. Ongatshatanga AT & T (Indawo ye-10) iphakathi kwe- Top10 Kunye neApple kwicandelo lobuchwepheshe.
Ngaphakathi Top20, Sele zikhona ezinye iinkampani zonxibelelwano nonxibelelwano ezifana ne Ezobugcisa ngokubanzi (11), Verizon (13), Amazon (18º) kunye HP (Wama-20). Kuya kufuneka siye ku kude kwindawo yama-25 ukubona Microsoft. IBM ibekwe kwi-31, kwaye ngaphandle kwe-Top5o, indawo yenombolo eyi-51 ngokuchanekileyo, ihlala kuyo Intel. Kwi iphepha elisemthethweni I-Fortune500, uya kubona uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabo bahamba ne-Apple kolu luhlu lubalaseleyo lweenkampani zaseMelika eziphumeleleyo.
Unokubona oku kulandelayo itshathi yokusebenzisana kwiwebhusayithi yabo ukufunda okungakumbi malunga nazo zonke ezi nkampani, ezinje ngendaleko yonyaka okanye indawo yabo yokuzalwa:
Ngale ndlela, kunokuvakala ukuba I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuphucula ingeniso yayoNgaphandle kwento yokuba kulo nyaka ukuthengiswa kwe-iPad kukwehla okwehlayo, ukuthengiswa kwe-iPhone kuye kwamisa ixesha lokuqala kwaye iApple Watch ayikhuphi. Kodwa okona kulungileyo kuseza: I-Apple Bukela i-1, iCar (ngoku ebizwa ngokuba yiprojekthi yeTitan), kunye nezinye izinto ezimangazayo abaza kusigcinela zona abahlobo bakaCupertino.
Ndikushiya igrafu yokugqibela yendlela iApple eguquke ngayo kolu luhlu kule minyaka idlulileyo. Kuyamangalisa ukuba inyuke njani inyathelo ngenyathelo kwaye kancinci kancinci yenze umsantsa de ekugqibeleni ifikelele encotsheni yokuhlelwa, kwiqonga loluhlu lweenkampani ezininzi ezidumileyo eMelika Gqabaza ukuvela kwayo ukusukela ngo-2008, unyaka wokubonakaliswa kwe-iPhone yokuqala.