{"id":137915,"date":"2023-12-13T11:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:23:21","slug":"largest-apple-shareholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/largest-apple-shareholders","title":{"rendered":"10 Largest Apple Shareholders: Who Owns the Most AAPL Stock in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For owners of Apple<\/a> (AAPL), a technology and consumer electronic giant, September 2024 gave lots of hope as the company released its new iPhone 16 lineup<\/a> powered by Apple Intelligence<\/a>. However, it’s yet to be seen whether the popularity of new iPhones<\/a> with multiple AI features<\/a> will boost AAPL’s share price further. As of September 16, it has risen 20% year-to-date.<\/p>\n

Apple has an incredibly strong brand that sells itself and stellar financial performance, which has secured the firm a $3.3 trillion market capitalization<\/a>, making it the world’s most valuable corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the third quarter of 2024 ended June 29<\/a>, Apple reported an all-time revenue record of $85.8 billion<\/strong>, up 5% from a year ago. According to Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO, record business performance generated EPS growth of 11% and almost $29 billion in operating cash flow, allowing the company to return over $32 billion to shareholders.<\/p>\n

Tim Cook<\/strong><\/a>, CEO and one of Apple’s biggest shareholders<\/strong>, commented on the company’s latest quarterly results on August 1, 2024:<\/p>\n

“During the quarter, we were excited to announce incredible updates to our software platforms at our Worldwide Developers Conference, including Apple Intelligence, a breakthrough personal intelligence system that puts powerful, private generative AI models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this article, we closely examine Apple’s major stakeholders and how many AAPL shares they own. We explore Apple’s ownership structure and find out who owns the most Apple stock.<\/p>\n

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