Apple was founded to develop and sell personal computers and has since become very profitable.
Apple Inc. . Apple was founded by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak , and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell personal computers . It was incorporated as Apple Computer , Inc. in January 1977 , and sales of its computers saw significant momentum and revenue growth for the company . Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success . It again saw success and returned to profitability .