Apple is the largest publically traded company in the US by market capitalization (the value of its shares).
But it's hard to wrap your head around that fact.
Can you picture the value of Apple's shares, $483 billion?
What about Apple's over $225 billion in assets?
The iPhone's popularity has catapulted Apple from an underdog fighting IBM to arguably the most successful consumer electronics companies out there.
To underscore how big Apple has become, we've put together some mind-blowing facts about the business.
Last quarter Apple's revenue was $42.1 billion. That's larger than the entire economy of Turkmenistan.Apple has $155 billion in cash on hand. Split equally among the US population (316 million), that's $490 per person.
That's enough cash to buy 2,384 Gulfstream G650s, with a little left over for fuel.
Apple sold 5.52 million Macs last quarter. That's enough to give every Minnesotan his or her own computer.
Apple sold 39.3 million iPhones last quarter, more than enough to give one to every Canadian.
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