We know that Apple just had its biggest quarter in history. We know that they made an insane $US46.33 billion in revenue. But do we really know how much money is $US46.33 billion. It’s hard to visualise, so this presentation and facts may help:
• the value of 72,220 bars of gold.
• the entire value of Apple in 2004.
• the value of all NFL Franchises combined.
• the entire valuation of Ford.
• the value of 20% of Google’s outstanding shares.
• the cost of forty-six billion, thirty-three million McChickens without tax.
• the entire yearly defence budget of the U.K.
• over 160 times the cost of the Louisiana Purchase (in 2011 dollars)
• 8 times the GDP of Somalia.
• US revenue from income tax of the Western United States.
• enough to buy Mark Zuckerberg 6000 more houses.
• winning $US125M lotto jackpot, everyday, for the entire year!
• 23,165 times more than Chuck Norris makes in one year
• enough to put one tenth of US high school seniors through college.
• enough to give two Apple scented candles to everyone. On the planet.
• the combined annual income of every resident of Rhode Island, twice.
• enough to give each Apple employee 49 new Honda Civics
Of course revenue isn’t net income. If you want to be a stickler about it Apple has $97 billion in cash and securities lying around — come on, go ahead and double everything on this list.
If you want to know more facts that can put that number into perspective, go to Apple Made More Money Than. You can even submit your own. [Apple Made More Money Than]
Incredibad
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:12 AMThis was reasonably entertaining until i read “enough to put one tenth of US high school seniors through college.”
Then I became sad for the human race.
wsDK_II
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:38 AMor they could use the money to help the world like microsoft does. or like bill gates does.
but they wont. they never do.
Kendal
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 12:35 PMOption 1: Buy up all the shares and donate the dividends you make to ‘help the world’ and post your results here.
Option 2: STFU.
Esophagus
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 1:42 PMApple don’t pay dividends.
Elly
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 8:08 PMYou would think that, but Steve Job is well known for being an asshole, so I doubt Apple or those currently behind Apple would do what Bill Gates has done so far.
Jase
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:41 AM…oh but they are helping the world…. in their eyes.
Tim Vic
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:06 AMYou mean with their range of “i” s ??
Entilzha
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:56 AMPitty it’s not enough money to bring their messiah back !!
Too soon ?
light487
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:58 AMJust over 2 million tonnes of bacon…
Antonia
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 10:30 AMAnd “tomorrow” when Sammy releases a Galaxy X and Apple’s shares plummet what will they be able to buy then?
James
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 10:42 AMGreat article but all you had to say is how much they earned compared to chuck Norris. The rest is irrelevant. Then finish it off with chuck doesn’t need the money he has…
chris
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 1:11 PMyou forgot: another 3,382,828,274,756 court cases
Just This Guy ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:48 PM” • 8 times the GDP of Somalia. ”
This. This is what’s wrong with humanity and it’s greed for the dollar.
Entire nations struggling to feed their people and one corporation doing it’s damnedest to hog all the worlds wealth for the shareholders.
Oh, and it’s the (voting) shareholders I hold responsible for their greed.
Isaac
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 3:26 PMYou have no idea how economics work do you.
Just This Guy ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:49 PM” • the cost of forty-six billion, thirty-three million McChickens without tax. ”
WTF is a McChicken?
light487
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 3:31 PMA McChicken.. seriously? Are you from the past?
chugs
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:58 PMI would argue that if Apple purcahsed 46 billion McChicken burgers that:
1. They would be offered a serious discount. Perhaps $0.01 a burger?
2. It would in turn cause mass starvation on the planet earth as all available chicken would be sent for processing. The same would apply to the other foodstocks that go into the burger. I would dare say this could trigger world war 3. The Chinese and Indians would have no choice but to begin world war 3.
3. Seeing that there is no way they could possibly (i.e. staff of Apple) could eat 46 billion burgers, there would be in turn a massive amount of waste. The rubbish dumps across the planet would be filled with rotting burgers.
4. Consequently the methane produced by these rotting burgers couple with first round of world war 3 (conventional global conflict) would result in gigatones of methane and other green house gases being emitted. As a result this would accelerate the positive feedback loop that we’re currently seeing, causing permafrost of Eurasia to warm releasing trillions of tons of methane into the atmosphere. Result. Instant Venus effect. Total global collapse.
Indeed I would dare say that the end of humanity could be caused by a rash purchase of 46 billion burgers.
Tim Vic
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:14 AMthere’s a flaw in that theory, the Indians are not much of a Non-Vegetarian race and the Chinese would stop eating chicken all together as it would be worth a lot more and there would be more chicken processing plants and then you could get Angry Birds Chiken, Gucci Chicken and so on… This would not trigger the World War by either the Chinese or the Indians.
This would however fit in with the new Apple HQ plans, the execs after eating the 46b burgers will have turned into really fat slobs like in “Wall.E”.
Plus if Apple were to get the Burgers at a negotiated price of $0.01/burger that would mean not 46Billion burgers but 460 Billion burgers in that money.
That resolves world hunger if they can share it with the world instead, Apple would have a new product iBugger TheWorld.
Iceleron
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 1:19 PMAwsome! Now tell us how much Google earns.
Or better yet, what the money that fueled the war could have paid for!