The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Apple Computer, Inc.
Apple

    Manufacturers of the Macintosh range of personal
   computers as well as the earlier Apple I, Apple II and
   Lisa.  Founded on 1 April 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve
   Wozniak.

   Apples were among the first microcomputers.  They originally
   used the 6502 processor and are still being made (August
   1994), now using the 65816.  The Apple II line, which
   includes the Apple I, is the longest existing line of
   microcomputers.

   Steve Jobs left Apple (involuntarily) and started NeXT and
   later returned when Apple bought NeXT in late 1997(?).

   Quarterly sales $2150M, profits $138M (Aug 1994).
   (http://apple.com/).

   [Dates?  More?]

   (1998-03-13)