Inkampani yeCupertino Finyelela isikhundla sesithathu ohlwini lwe-Fortune 500 futhi ngalokhu kuyaqondakala ukuthi izigidi eziningi zamadola zingena esikhwameni sazo, okwenza kube ngenye yezinkampani ezicebe kakhulu e-United States. I-Apple ihlale ingena ku-10 aphezulu kulolu hlu lwe-Fortune 500 futhi kulo nyaka kubukeka sengathi ingcono kakhulu kunangonyaka odlule, ifanisa isikhundla ekwazile ukusithola ngo-2016 nango-2017, isikhundla sesithathu ngaphezu kwezinkampani ezinkulu ezifana ne-Amazon, iMicrosoft noma Google.
Akukho okuningi esingakusho ngaphandle kokuhalalisela inkampani ngerekhodi layo kulokhu futhi lokho bekungukuthi ibiku-2013 aphezulu minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-10 futhi phambilini ibiphinde ibonakale ohlwini lwama-Fortune 500 kodwa ezindaweni ezinobuhlakani. Le yi ibhodi yabaphambili etholwe yi-Apple kusukela ngo-2010 kuze kube manje:
- 2019: 3 isikhundla
- 2018: 4 isikhundla
- 2017: 3 isikhundla
- 2016: 3 isikhundla
- 2015: 5 isikhundla
- 2014: isikhundla sesi-5
- 2013: 6 isikhundla
- 2012: 17 isikhundla
- 2011: 35 isikhundla
- 2010: isikhundla sesi-56
Ngakho-ke, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi I-265 idola elilodwa lamabhiliyoni etholwe yi-Apple ngo-2018 futhi lokho kuyenza ibe phakathi kwezinkampani ezintathu ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, kulo nyaka odlule iphumelele okokuqala emlandweni wayo ukuthola un valor de mercado de 1 billón de dólares. Kulokhu izinkampani kuphela ezingaphambili kulokhu Uhlu lwe-Fortune 500 wakhe i-walmart nenkampani kawoyela I-ExxonMobil. Ngezansi sithola i-Amazon isendaweni yesi-5, i-Google iku-15 noma iMicrosoft isendaweni yama-26 yalolu hlu olukhulu. Sinesiqiniseko sokuthi i-Apple izoqhubeka nokuvela kulolu hlu iminyaka eminingi njengoba inkampani ingadikibali yize lezi zikota zingavumi kakhulu ngokuthengiswa komkhiqizo wayo ohamba phambili noma ovelele, i-iPhone.
